Psychological Therapies for Treating SZ
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- Psychological Therapy for the treatment of SZ
- Family Therapy
- Involves helping the family cope with the stress of living with someone with SZ.
- Re-commended for families of SZ patients with High Expressed Emotion (EE) levels
- Works to relieve the guilt & blame that can come from a family member being diagnosed with SZ
- Helps families to understand the disorder and understand that they are not to blame
- Families are given an EE rating, those with high EE levels are most likely to benefit
- Co-mmunication and problem solving is helpful in helping to reduce a persons vulnerability to relapse
- The patient may or may not be present during the sessions, as the aim is to reduce hostility it may not be necessary for the patient to be present
- Co-mmunication and problem solving is helpful in helping to reduce a persons vulnerability to relapse
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- recommended by NICE (National Institute of Clinical Excellence)
- Involves trying to change some of the distorted thinking which underpins some of the positive symptoms, i.e. delusions and hallucinations
- It is also successful in treating negative symptoms such as depression
- CBT is not a cure for SZ, but can help SZic's take control of their thoughts
- An example of how CBT help patients control their thoughts is with Command Auditory Hallucinations
- CBT teaches Patients to 'outrank' the voices in their head, which will make the voices less threatening
- Therefore, lessening the likelihood of a SZic acting on any instruction
- CBT teaches Patients to 'outrank' the voices in their head, which will make the voices less threatening
- In treating depression, CBT challenges the client to replace negative thinking with more helpful thoughts
- These thoughts affect the mood, physical state and behaviour that follow
- Unlike biological therapies, psychological therapies do not directly influence or change the brain biochemistry, instead they focus on the environment or thinking of the SZic
- Family Therapy
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