Journal
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00727
Keywords
cognitive behavior therapy; CBT; psychosis; barrier; access; hearing voices
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- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [ES/J500173/1]
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) [PB-PG-0213-30125]
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [PB-PG-0213-30125] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
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The 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 (CBT) for psychosis is recommended for the treatment of positive symptoms, including distressing voices, but is rarely available to patients in the United Kingdom. CBT 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 United Kingdom mental health services, and we offer suggestions for future research to enhance our understanding of these barriers.
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