Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

As mentioned by Maheshwari et al (2019), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been found to be as successful as, or even more successful than, other aspects of psychotherapy or psychiatric drugs in numerous trials. In their study, Maheshwari et al (2019), showed that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches a person to change their perceptions or actions that may be causing negative feelings. CBT as a treatment of schizophrenia, focuses on behavior modification, behavioral experiments/reality testing, self-monitoring, and coping skills training. The goal is to create an open and trusting therapeutic relationship while also teaching the patient new skills and strategies for dealing with their symptoms. Individual therapy sessions are the most common format, and they are also the most constrained in terms of duration (typically several months). Schizophrenia can’t be cured, but it can be better managed and less distressing for the individual who has it, which is the ultimate goal of treatment (Maheshwari et al, 2019).