CBTp

• What does CBTp do?

  Challenges distorted beliefs and identifies delusions by looking at evidence
• What are some CBTp techniques?

  • Trace back to the origins of the symptoms
  • Use Ellis’ ABC model
  • Used with antipsychotics
  • Normalisation
• What did McGorry find about the effectiveness of CBTp?

  After 6 months of treatment 36% with SZ who had CBTp recovered compared to 10% who just had drugs
• Why does Rathod say training is needed to use CBTp?


  African-Caribbean Ps were less successful with white therapists as empathy is needed, so special training must be given
• What are some issues with CBTp?

  • Hard to asses effectiveness of CBTp alone as most studies involve a combination of CBTp and drugs
  • Expensive
  • Gives strategies to deal with symptoms not to treat them
  • Not suitable for all