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A case report of informal cognitive therapy of delusions by a carer: a novel treatment paradigm?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Sanju George ,
Sumithra Bandopadhay  and
Colin Cowan
Sanju George*
Affiliation:
Sandwell Assertive Outreach Team, The Cottage, 6-6 A Simpson Street, Oldbury, West MidlandsB69 4AL, UK
Sumithra Bandopadhay
Affiliation:
Sandwell Assertive Outreach Team, The Cottage, 6-6 A Simpson Street, Oldbury, West MidlandsB69 4AL, UK
Colin Cowan
Affiliation:
Sandwell Assertive Outreach Team, The Cottage, 6-6 A Simpson Street, Oldbury, West MidlandsB69 4AL, UK
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: sanju.george@talk21.com (S. George).
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Abstract

Cognitive therapy has been effectively used in the treatment of psychotic symptoms like delusions and hallucinations. Most of the work in this area has focused only on the patient. We describe a patient with schizophrenia, whose delusions were well managed by his mother using informal cognitive therapy principles. Primary carers could be more involved as ‘co-therapists’ in the cognitive treatment of psychotic symptoms in some patients. Future work needs to explore the effectiveness and feasibility of more structured cognitive therapy input for carers (as co-therapists) of patients with psychosis.

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CarerCognitive therapyCo-therapistsDelusionsSchizophrenia

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European Psychiatry , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 80 - 81
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Copyright © Elsevier SAS 2005

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