CBT - ao3

Question 1

benefit - reduces relapse

Answer 1

• reduces relapse and readmission to hospital
• however, patients were on medication and had regular meetings with doctors

Question 2

Turkington et al. (2006)

Answer 2

CBT is highly effective and should be used as a mainstream treatment for schizophrenia wherever possible.

Question 3

Tarrier (2005)

Answer 3

reviewed trials of CBT, finding evidence of reduced symptoms, especially positive ones, and lower relapse rates

Question 4

drawbacks - self-awareness and willingness to engage

Answer 4

• Requires self-awareness and willingness to engage
• Held back by the symptoms schizophrenics encounter
  -It is an ineffective treatment likely to lead to disengagement.

Question 5

drawbacks - lengthy

Answer 5

• It takes months compared to drug therapy which takes weeks which leads to disengaged treatment as they don’t see immediate effects
• A patient who is very distressed and perhaps suicidal may benefit better in the short term from antipsychotics.

Question 6

Addington and Addington (2005)

Answer 6

• claim that CBT is of little use in the early stages of an acute schizophrenic episode, but perhaps more useful when the patient is calmer and beginning to worry about how life will be after they recover.
• doesn’t cure schizophrenia, it just helps people get over it.

Question 7

Kingdon and Kirschen (2006)

Answer 7

• found that CBT is not suitable for all patients, especially those who are too thought disorientated or agitated, who refuse medication, or who are too paranoid to form trusting alliances with practitioners.