The utility of Cogntive Behavioral Therapy in the treatment of the schizophrenic patient

dc.contributor.advisorMcCarthy, Christopher J.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRude, Stephanieen
dc.creatorBorkowski, Jennifer Nickoleen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-22T21:20:18Zen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-22T21:20:23Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:20:43Z
dc.date.available2010-11-22T21:20:18Zen
dc.date.available2010-11-22T21:20:23Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:20:43Z
dc.date.issued2010-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2010en
dc.date.updated2010-11-22T21:20:23Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractSchizophrenia is a complex and pervasive brain disorder that effects millions of people in the United States. There are three tiers of symptoms associated with the disorder, they include: positive symptoms, negative symptoms and thought disorders. The most common method of treatment for this disorder involves the use of antipsychotic medications, and while these medications have been shown to be effective in treating certain positive symptoms of the disorder, they have a tendency to be less effective in treating the negative cluster of symptoms and the thought disorders that can be highly debilitating for patients. The aim of this review was to determine the level of effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for the disorder, and in particular to look in to Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as an adjunctive method of treatment to be used in conjunction with medication. By performing searches using the PsycInfo, ERIC, EBSCO and Medline databases, the researcher was able to draw the conclusion that while there are some complications and areas of improvement in study construction, CBT can indeed be a helpful method of treatment for many patients. Importantly, CBT tends to be a very flexible treatment that can accommodate many different combinations of symptoms at varying levels or severity and stages of the illness. A discussion of a possible model of treatment that uses CBT was also undertaken to provide readers with a practical example of how this form of treatment can be used.en
dc.description.departmentEducational Psychologyen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1217en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectCBTen
dc.subjectCognitive Behavioral Therapyen
dc.subjectSchizophreniaen
dc.subjectAntipsychotic medicationen
dc.subjectTreatmenten
dc.subjectProdromal phaseen
dc.titleThe utility of Cogntive Behavioral Therapy in the treatment of the schizophrenic patienten
dc.type.genrethesisen

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