Evaluation for CBT

Question 1

• Evidence of effectiveness

Answer 1

• Jauhar et al. (2014) reviewed 34 studies and found evidence of a small but significant effect of + and – symptoms.
• NICE (National institute for Health and Care Exellence) (2019) recommends CBT for schizophrenia.

Question 2

• Quality of evidence

Answer 2

• Which type of CBT is effective? There are so many different kinds (Neil Thomas 2015).
• Could just be the Hawthorne effect. It could be that the CBT has no effect at all, it is the building of rapport and the support of an individual that leads to reduced symptoms.

Question 3

• Does CBT actually cure Schizophrenia?

Answer 3

• It may improve their quality of life, but it doesn’t deal with either the environmental or biological causes.
• It necessitates that the schizophrenic patient is in a fit state to participate.

Question 4

How is cognitive behavioural is used to treat schrizopheria

Answer 4

1. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to treat schizophrenia in two forms. Tarrier proposed the idea of coping strategy enhancement, where psychologists build a rapport with the patient to identify triggers of symptoms, and then target specific symptoms by using coping strategies like distractions or relaxation. Beck had a different approach; he suggested cognitive restructuring, where schizophrenics are given skills to get them back into the community and become more functional to deal with positive symptoms.

Question 5

one limitation cognitive behavioural is used to treat schrizopheria

Answer 5

One limitation of CBT is that it requires commitment from the patient and is quite invasive to a person’s life. CBT will not work if participants do not follow the rules of the therapist and complete natural stages like homework. Participants may prefer other treatments like drugs as they are less time consuming in treating the symptoms of schizophrenia.