Is adjunctive CBT really effective for schizophrenia?: COMMENTARY ON… COCHRANE CORNER. (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reid, Katherine
• Is Part Of: BJPsych advances. Volume 25:Number 5(2019)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 278
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: Schizophrenia, -- cognitive behavioural therapies, -- statistical methodology; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.89005
• DOI: 10.1192/bja.2019.26
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4678

Abstract

SUMMARY: Although antipsychotic medication remains the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia, medications alone are not always successful. Cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended as an adjunct to pharmacological treatment. The Cochrane review under consideration evaluates the effects of offering CBT as an add-on to standard care compared with standard care alone, and this commentary puts those findings into their clinical context. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.