Effectiveness

• Outcome studies


  • NICE schizophrenia review 2014 (meta-analysis) - CBTp with drugs, compared to just drugs
  • CBTp was effective - reduced hospitalisation rates, reduced symptom severity, and improved social functioning
  • Wykes et al. - other benefits for comorbid conditions; improved low mood, reduced anxiety
• Counterpoint to outcome studies

  • Jüni et al. - problems with methodology; no controls, no random allocation, not blind, therefore overstates effectiveness
  • Jauhar et al. - after methodologically unsound studies were removed, only tiny therapeutic effect, benefits likely overstated
• Lack of benefit for acute phase


  • Addington & Addington - Not useful in the initial/acute phase; self-reflection is difficult for schizophrenics in this stage
  • Once stabilised with antipsychotics, group-based CBTp is effective