A randomized controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy in the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Effective and Efficient Treatment Strategies to Enhance Recovery from Schizophrenia: How Much Longer Will People Have to Wait Before we Provide Them?

“…Unfortunately, few of these adjunctive strategies have been tested in people with schizophrenic disorders. Exceptions to this are clozapine and cognitive-behavioral strategies for persistent psychosis (Buchanan, 1995;Kuipers et al, 1997;Sensky et al, 1997;Tarrier et al, 1993) and the addition of antidepressant, anxiolytic and lithium drugs to neuroleptics for specific mood disturbances (Kane & Marder, 1993).…”