Cognitive therapies for psychosis: Advances and challenges

Over the past two decades, recovery, not just symptom control, has become the focus of treatment for individuals suffering from the various clinical challenges associated with the schizophrenia syndrome. While pharmacotherapy is standard practice for managing the disorder, it has clear limitations for achieving the outcomes that patients urgently need to regain social and vocational functioning. Effective treatments for negative symptoms, persistent psychotic symptoms, and neuro- and social cognitive impairments remain major unmet needs, which prevent optimal functional outcomes and impede the recovery of a significant proportion of individuals.
Source: Schizophrenia Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research