Psychological treatments for schizophrenia

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Describe Cognitive Behaviour Therapy as a treatment for schizophrenia.
CBT is commonly used to treat patients with schizophrenia and usually takes please for between 5 and 20 sessions and can be conducted in groups or individually. It is based around the assumption that schizophrenics have irrational and unrealistic thought
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What is the aim of CBT?
The aim of CBT is to help patients identify irrational or delusional thoughts and change them.
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How does CBT work?
Once the irrational thought has been identified, for example a paranoid delusion thought they were being controlled by aliens, the psychiatrist which challenged the patients' irrational thoughts in order to encourage patients to come up with implausible/l
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What are the three disputes? Define each with an example.
Logical dispute: asking the patient do the thoughts make sense? For example, ‘Does it make sense that you are being controlled by aliens?’
Empirical dispute: asking the patient where is the evidence? For example, ‘Where's the evidence that aliens exist?’
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What is the purpose of disputing?
The disputing helps patients to make sense of how their delusions and hallucinations impact on their feelings and behaviour. For example, a patient can hear voices and believe that they are demons and be very afraid. Offering plausible explanations but th
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Why is positive self talk used?
Positive self-talk can also be used, for example, if an individual hears negative voices they can say positive statements that challenge the auditory hallucinations.
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Strength of CBT as a treatment for schizophrenia.
P: One strength of CBT as a treatment for schizophrenia is that there is research into the effectiveness of CBT.
E: This research was carried out by Jauhar et al. They reviewed the results of 34 studies of CBT as a treatment for schizophrenia. They conclu
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Strength of CBT as a treatment for schizophrenia.
P: Another strength CBT has a treatment for schizophrenia is that it avoids the chemical straitjacket.
E: This is because CBT encourages individuals to identify and challenge their irrational and delusional thoughts independently, giving them control ove
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Limitation of CBT as a treatment for schizophrenia.
P: A limitation of CBT as a treatment for schizophrenia is that he requires motivation and commitment from patients to attend sessions.
E: This is something the individuals suffering from negative symptoms of schizophrenia, such as avolition, often lack m
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Limitation of CBT as a treatment for schizophrenia.
P: An alternative therapy that may be useful in treating schizophrenia is art therapy. This is less well known and less likely to be available to patients.
E: Art therapy takes place with a specially trained art teacher who has worked with patients
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What idea is family therapy based on?
Family therapy is based on the idea that as family dysfunction can play a role in the development of schizophrenia, altering relationship and communication patterns within dysfunctional families should help schizophrenics to recover. It also works by redu
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What is the main aim of family therapy?
The main aim of family therapy is to reduce levels of expressed emotions and stress within the family.
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How is this (the aim) achieved?
1) Improving families’ beliefs about schizophrenia and their behaviour towards schizophrenia.
2) Reducing the stress of caring for a relative with schizophrenia.
3) Decreasing feelings of guilt and anger in family members.
4) Helping family members ach
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Strength of family therapy
P: A strength of family therapy is that there is research to support their effectiveness of family therapy.
E: This research was conducted by Leff et al and they compared family therapy with routine outpatient care plus schizophrenics and found that in t
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Limitation of family therapy
P: A limitation a family therapy as a treatment for schizophrenia is that it does not get to the root off schizophrenia.
E: It works by helping to reduce the stress of living with schizophrenia in a family, for both the patient and family members, this d
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Limitation of family therapy
P: another limitation of family therapy is the emphasis is placed on ‘openness’, this can sometimes be an issue as this may cause or reopen family tensions.
E: Some family members may also be reluctant to talk about, or even admit, their problems.
E: Thi
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Limitation of family therapy
P: An alternative therapy that may be useful in treating schizophrenia is art therapy. This is less well known and less likely to be available to patients.
E: Art therapy takes place with a specially trained art teacher who has worked with patients with
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