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Brief cognitive behaviour therapy improved insight and reduced negative symptoms and readmissions in schizophrenia

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebn.10.2.51

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    Turkington D, Kingdon D, Rathod S, et al. Outcomes of an effectiveness trial of cognitive-behavioural intervention by mental health nurses in schizophrenia. Br J Psychiatry 2006;189:36–40.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q In patients with schizophrenia, does brief cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) delivered by mental health nurses reduce symptoms, recovery time, and readmissions at 1 year?

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageDesign:

    randomised controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    {concealed}.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded {data collectors}.*

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    1 year.

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    6 sites in the UK.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    422 patients {18–65 years of age}† {mean age 40 y, 77% men}† with an ICD-10 diagnosis of schizophrenia who were receiving treatment from secondary care services. Patients were excluded if they were in the process of active relapse or had a primary diagnosis of substance or alcohol dependence, organic brain disease, or severe learning disability.

    Embedded ImageIntervention:

    CBT {n = 257}† or usual care as …

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    Footnotes

    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • ↵† Turkington D, Kingdon D, Turner T. Br J Psychiatry 2002:180:523–7.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    • For correspondence: Professor D Turkington, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. douglas.turkington{at}ncl.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: Pfizer.