Background Supportive therapy is often used in everyday clinical care and in evaluative
studies of other treatments. Objectives To review the effects of supportive therapy compared …

Background Peer support provides the opportunity for peers with experiential knowledge of
a mental illness to give emotional, appraisal and informational assistance to current service …

Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is now a recommended treatment for
people with schizophrenia. This approach helps to link the person's feelings and patterns of …

Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychosocial treatment that aims to
help individuals re‐evaluate their appraisals of their experiences that can affect their level of …

Background Medication is the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia. Many people with
schizophrenia, however, continue to experience symptoms in spite of medication and may …

Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychosocial treatment that aims to re‐
mediate distressing emotional experiences or dysfunctional behaviour by changing the way …

Background Although medication is the mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia, always,
some sort of informal or formal talking therapy is indicated. In cognitive behavioural therapy …

Background Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is now a recommended treatment for
people with schizophrenia. This approach helps to link the person's distress and problem …

Background Supportive, positive family environments have been shown to improve
outcomes for patients with schizophrenia in contrast with family environments that express …

Background Social skills programmes (SSP) are treatment strategies aimed at enhancing
the social performance and reducing the distress and difficulty experienced by people with a …