psychological treatments

• cbt - cognitive behavioural therapy
• cbt need 10 -20 sessions
• processes in cbt - identify and challenge faulty thinking processe
• abc model - activating event - belief - consequence
• eval or cbt pro - teaches coping skills
• pro cbt - juah - significant improvements in negative and positive symptoms - meta analysis
• cons cbt - questions around ethics - not a cure - complete work outside sessions - need to keep attending sessions
• family therapy - patient and family go to therapy
• family therapy - helps families try and adapt to living with sz
• family therapy - reduces stress, anger and guilt - can also help reduce high levels of expressed emotion
• pro family therapy - pharoah - family therapy helps reduce hospital readmission rates and improve quality of life
• family therapy cons - research isn't consistent - only helpful if the family actually attend
• token economy - principle of reinforcement to modify behaviour
• token economy - secondary reinforcers are tokens - secondary can be swapped for primary - primary are things like food
• pro token economy - paul and lentz - 10% from token economy went on to live independently compared to 0% from control group
• cons - works best in an institution = ethical issues