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Significance of Cognitive Intervention for Voice Hearers
Author(s) -
England Margaret
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2008.00146.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , cognition , randomized controlled trial , cognitive remediation therapy , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , statistical significance , medicine , surgery
PURPOSE. Studies show that focused intervention attenuates depreciatory hallucinations.DESIGN AND METHODS. A repeated measures design was used in this randomized controlled trial to determine the significance of any sustained abatement in the hallucinations of 65 persons suffering from schizophrenia.FINDINGS. Participants exposed to usual care supplemented with cognitive nursing intervention reported less severe hallucinations 1 year following treatment than did participants exposed to usual care only. They were 13.7 times more likely to maintain a 3‐point drop in their hallucination scores.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. It appears that the hallucinations of 1 in every 2.7 persons with schizophrenia will abate significantly with cognitive intervention.