CBT

• cognitive behavioural therapy

  Help identify and change family cognitions

  Based of Ellis ABC model

  Encouraged to reality test their hallucinations and delusions

  Pushed to challenge beliefs and to question voices
• Chadwick et al

  case study of CBT

  Nigel schizophrenia believed he had special power

  Video clips and asked to predict what was next

  No correct answers- no special powers
• Strengths

  Effective alongside drug treatment helping patients improve their quality of life

  no side effects
• Weakness

  Treats symptom not the cause

  Patients can become dependent on therapist

  Time-intensive so drop out rates are quite high