Identifying the “Therapy Targets” for Treating the Negative Symptoms of Psychosis Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Published:2018-08
Issue:3
Volume:32
Page:203-220
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ISSN:0889-8391
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Container-title:Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J Cogn Psychother
Author:
Tomlinson Monica F.,Wright Joshua D.
Abstract
The division of psychotic symptoms into positive and negative categories has largely divided the research on them. While the research on positive symptoms of psychosis has rapidly developed over the last three decades, the literature on negative symptoms has noticeably lagged behind. Negative symptoms have likely been ignored in the treatment literature because they were previously thought to remit following the treatment of positive symptoms. Recent evidence does not consistently support this theory and indicates that the different manifestations of negative symptoms require distinct approaches to treatment. The current review provides a re-evaluation of the theoretical literature on negative symptoms to inform and identify “treatment targets” to reduce them. The “treatment targets” are then translated into intervention strategies using a cognitive behavioral framework. A review of the empirical literature on cognitive behavior therapy for treating negative symptoms is then offered along with a critical discussion of where cognitive behavior therapy stands compared to other interventions and what research is still needed.
Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Cited by
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