1. CBT – Schizophrenia What can you do if drugs don’t work?
How would your treat someone using a non-biological approach?
Describe the ideal client
Describe the ideal practitioner

2. CBT – Schizophrenia AO1 AO3 What does a course of CBT look like?
What are the Strengths:
AO1
What is the role of the Psychologist/Client?
AO3
What are the Weaknesses:
AO1
What are the steps involved?

3. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy AO1
Which perspectives does CBT acknowledge? CBT is effective when dealing with what kind of symptoms? Cognitive Symptoms include: Does CBT cure schizophrenia?

4. CBT: Schizophrenia AO1 What is the role of the Psychologist/Client?
Therapeutic relationship is important:
AO1
What does a course of CBT look like?
Why is it so important that they patient’s experience are accepted?

5. CBT- General Model Why CBT and not BCT? What causes abnormality?
Maladaptive thinking comes from
Faulty cognitions may be through cognitive deficiencies () or cognitive distortions () Beck, .
Maladaptive thinking maintains and
How does CBT work?
CBT focuses on the person’s maladaptive and with the to then subsequently change their and.
Cognitive elements?
Behavioural elements?
Why CBT and not BCT?

6. How can CBT help someone with Schizophrenia?

7. CBT: Schizophrenia 1. Belief Modification (Delusions)
Find evidence for the delusions.
Challenge their beliefs (respectfully).
Help them to test whether their delusions is the only possible explanation.

8. CBT: Schizophrenia
2. Focusing and Reattribution (Auditory hallucinations)
Who (#, gender, tone, loudness)
Record (what do they say?, write it down)
What are the patient’s beliefs and thoughts about the voice?
AIM: to help the patient realise that they are self-generated, not to fear them but to accept them.
Eleanor Longden- ‘ the most hostile voice were the ones…..

9. CBT: Schizophrenia 3. Normalising
Destigmatisation the psychotic experience and look at it rationally
Reduce stress and anxiety
Encourage support for self
Develop coping strategies
Arron Beck

10. Develop coping strategies
Modify environmental stresses
Social causation– i.e. lack of support and feelings of isolation
Change perceptions and interpretations of events- address cognitive biases
Reduce physiological arousal- meditation
Alleviating cognitive symptoms
Difficulties in concentrating and paying attention
Problems with working memory
Difficulty with executive functioning
How would you practically do this?

11. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This links to the Methods section of the Clinical Course
NICE has produced guidelines for the care of patients with psychosis schizophrenia
Using the link above provide some information regarding these guidelines
1.2.3 Treatment options to prevent psychosis
1.3.4 Treatment options
1.1.2 Race, culture and ethnicity (to link back to cultural issues)

12. AO2- CBT in Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8namZ5rt2k
Give examples of where the three areas are addressed.
Explain how the cognitive and behavioural elements are discussed.
What do you notice about the practitioner?
What do you notice about the client?

13. Sue Morgan Non-Biological Treatment: CBT for Schizophrenia
Describe Sue’s symptoms and features in terms of Schizophrenia.
EXPLANATIONS:
Why she is experiencing Schizophrenia?
neurotransmitters
one other biological explanation: Genetics
a non-biological explanation: Attention Deficit Theory
Evaluate the explanations: (Strengths and Weaknesses)
TREATMENT:
Biological Treatment: Drugs
Non-Biological Treatment: CBT for Schizophrenia
Describe how you would help Sue using CBT.
What issues might you encounter?

14. AO3 Evaluation
Strengths
Weaknesses

15. Exam Questions