cognitive explanations and therapues for schiz

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The nature of CBTp
In CBTp patients are encouraged to trace back the origins of their symptoms in order to get a better idea of how they might have developed. Patients may also be set behaviour assignments to improve their general level of functioning.
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Lack of availability
- only 1 in10 who could benefit from this actually get the treatment they need. However lots who are offered these sessions either reject them or fail to attend.
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Advantages of cbtp over standard care
the nice review in 2014 found evidence that CBTp was effective in reducing rehospitalization rates up to 18 months following the end of treatment. Most studies of CBTp have been conducted with patients treated at the same time with antipsychotic medicatio
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Cognitive explanations
Delusions
the patients interpretations of their experiences are controlled by inadequate information processing. A critical characteristic of delusional thinking is the degree to which the individual perceives him or herself as the central component in events and s
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Hallucinations
why are patients with schizophrenia predisposed to experience some thoughts as external ‘voices’? Hallucinating individuals focus excessive attention on auditory stimuli and so have a higher expectancy for the occurrence of a voice than normal individuals
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Evaluation - supporting evidence for the cognitive model of schizophrenia
Sarin and wallin found supporting evidence for the claim that the positive symptoms of schizophrenia have their origins in faulty cognition.
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Support from the success of cognitive therapies
the claim that the symptoms of schiz have their origin in faulty cognition is reinforced by the success of cognitive based therapies or schiz.
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