Overview: based around Coping Strategy Enhancement and Reality Testing
Effectiveness
- only really effective on +ve symptoms
- most effective when used in conjunction with other therapies, e.g. drugs Drury et al
- treatment time can be lengthy and patients often drop out
- research has shown that CBT is more effective than drugs Gould et al meta-analysis, however, many studies are where CBT & drugs are being used, therefore diccifcult to assess impact of CBT alone
- only modest effect on relapse rates
- patients often have to remain on drugs after therapy has ceased
- only modest effect on relapse rates
- doesn't take into account biochemical factors
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