Factors Predicting Response to the Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Behavioural Workshop for Persons Diagnosed with Schizophrenia

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia.

for schizophrenia The Insight into Schizophrenia Research Group (Turkington et al, 2002) should be congratulated in reporting results of a large study of cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) plus educational handouts v. usual care in patients with post-acute schizophrenia. Perhaps because of space restrictions, the article leaves several important questions unanswered which it may be useful to c...

Motive-oriented therapeutic relationship building for patients diagnosed with schizophrenia

Treatment options for patients with schizophrenia demand further improvement. One way to achieve this improvement is the translation of findings from basic research into new specific interventions. Beyond that, addressing the therapy relationship has the potential to enhance both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. This paper introduces motive-oriented therapeutic relationship (...

Successfully breaking a 20-year cycle of hospitalizations with recovery-oriented cognitive therapy for schizophrenia.

Individuals with severe and persistent schizophrenia can present challenges (e.g., difficulties sustaining motivation and conducting information processing tasks) to the implementation of recovery-oriented care. We present a successful application of recovery-oriented cognitive therapy (CT-R), a fusion of the spirit and principles of the recovery movement with the evidence base and know-how of ...

Cognitive-behavioural therapy for schizophrenia: filling the therapeutic vacuum.

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Group Cognitive-Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients with Schizophrenia Resistant to Medication

Objectives: Against the background of evidence-based treatments for schizophrenia resistant to medication, the implementation of cognitive-Rehabilitation therapy (CRT) becomes more important, especially about patients who don’t response to medication. There is less evidence for group format and face to face structure of CRT and also for resistant to medication patients. This research investigat...