CBT

• The aim of CBT is to help patients identify irrational/ delusional thoughts and change them into more irrational ones via disputing
• > A patient must identify their irrational thoughts

  > The psychiatrist would then challenge the patients irrational thoughts in order to encourage the patients to find a more plausible or less threatening explanation.

  > The therapist may do this through empirical disputing.

  > Empirical disputing would allow the therapist to ask the patient for evidence of their delusion/ hallucination.
• CBT 2

  > Disputing helps patients to understand the delusions/ hallucinations are not real, offering a more plausible explanations and realise their thoughts are not based in reality and that their thoughts arent necessary

  > Positive self talk can be used, they can say positve statements to challenge the auditory hallucinations
• CBT AO3

  :( Requires motivation and commitment

  > Individuals suffering from negative symptoms of schizophrenia such as avolition

  > Therefore in some cases CBT is only effective when combined with antipsychotics, this is because effective when combined with antipsychotics. This is because the drugs help the patient to motivate themselves to attend the sessions/increase the patients awareness.

  > Therefore, CBT alone may not be an effective treatment for all cases of schizophrenia
• CBT AO3

  :) Avoids the chemical dependence

  > Encourages the individuals to identify and challenge their thoughts independently, giving them control over their own behaviour

  > Unlike drug therapy which controls the activity of neurotransmitters in the brain such as dopamine to reduce the symptoms of schizophrenia

  > Therefore CBT is a more appropriate treatment for schizophrenia