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Understanding the barriers to accessing symptom-specific cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for distressing voices: reflecting on and extending the lessons learnt from the CBT for psychosis literature
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posted on 2023-06-09, 13:06 authored by Cassie Hazell, Kathryn GreenwoodKathryn Greenwood, Sarah Fielding-Smith, Aikaterini Rammou, Leanne Bogen-Johnston, Clio BerryClio Berry, Anna-Marie Jones, Mark HaywardMark HaywardThe experience of hearing voices ('auditory hallucinations') can cause significant distress and disruption to quality of life for people with a psychosis diagnosis. Psychological therapy in the form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for psychosis is recommended for the treatment of positive symptoms, including distressing voices, but is rarely available to patients in the UK. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for psychosis has recently evolved with the development of symptom-specific therapies that focus upon only one symptom of psychosis at a time. Preliminary findings from randomized controlled trials suggest that these symptom-specific therapies can be more effective for distressing voices than the use of broad CBT protocols, and have the potential to target voices trans-diagnostically. Whilst this literature is evolving, consideration must be given to the potential for a symptom-specific approach to overcome some of the barriers to delivery of evidence-based psychological therapies within clinical services. These barriers are discussed in relation to the UK mental health services, and we offer suggestions for future research to enhance our understanding of these barriers.
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Frontiers in PsychologyISSN
1664-1078Publisher
Frontiers MediaExternal DOI
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727Volume
9Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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- Developmental and Clinical Psychology Research Group Publications
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The authors would like to thank Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for the funding to produce and publish this paper.Full text available
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2018-05-29First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2018-05-27Usage metrics
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