Treatment for Social Cognition Disorders (T-ScEmo) in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury and Comorbid Neuropsychiatric Problems

T-ScEmo is an evidence-based, multifaceted treatment protocol for poor social cognition and emotion regulation impairments in patients with ABI. T-ScEmo is implemented as standard practice in the Netherlands. In total, the treatment consists of 20 1-hour sessions. The treatment is divided into extended psychoeducation for patient and proxy and 3 modules, including emotion perception (module 1), perspective taking and understanding social information (module 2), and goal-directed social behavior (module 3). These three modules are interdependent and strengthen each other. Therefore, the developers strongly recommend to offer all three modules. The presence of a proxy is required in the first psycho-education session and during the third module. The first and second modules are invariant (10 sessions together), but in the third module, therapists can adjust the content to individual needs and personal goals.