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Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis

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Cognitive behavior therapy is the psychological approach adapted for psychosis that has been best researched. It provides benefits which supplement medication but it remains limited in availability. Assessment, engagement, case conceptualization, and specific work with hallucinations, delusions, and negative symptoms have been adapted for clinical practice and are described here. Recent approaches are focusing on paranoia, mindfulness, trauma, and voices. The goal is self-determined recovery which will take into account mental health issues and social concerns, e.g., accommodation, employment, and relationships.

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  1. Mental Health Care Delivery, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    David Kingdon

  2. Psychosocial Psychiatry, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Douglas Turkington

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  1. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Wesley E. Sowers

  2. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine | NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA

    Hunter L. McQuistion

  3. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

    Jules M. Ranz

  4. Professor Emerita of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Jacqueline Maus Feldman

  5. Vice Chair/Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Ohio, OH, USA

    Patrick S. Runnels

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Kingdon, D., Turkington, D. (2022). Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Psychosis. In: Sowers, W.E., McQuistion, H.L., Ranz, J.M., Feldman, J.M., Runnels, P.S. (eds) Textbook of Community Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10239-4_44

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