Cognitive behavioural therapy for auditory hallucinations: Effectiveness and predictors of outcome in a specialist clinic

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-138

  Thomas, Neil ^a   Rossell, Susan ^b   Farhall, John ^a   Shawyer, Frances ^a   Castle, David ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

auditory hallucinations; cognitive behavioural therapy; insight; negative symptoms; predictors; psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951812374     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465810000548     Document Type: Article

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