“…Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is effective in the reduction of symptoms as well as the improvement of mood and community functioning, and it is more effective in an acute psychotic episode in comparison to chronic schizophrenia; furthermore, it is effective in treatment-resistant schizophrenia (Beck, Rector, Stolar, & Grant, 2009; Burns, Erickson, & Brenner, 2014; Candida et al, 2016; Hofmann, Asnaani, Vonk, Sawyer, & Fang 2012; Johnson & Hoffart, 2018; Kern et al, 2009; Medalia, Beck, & Grant, 2019; Morrison et al, 2018; Mueser et al, 2013).…”