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Brief culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp): A randomized controlled trial from a low income country

Brief culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp): A randomized controlled trial from a low income country
Brief culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp): A randomized controlled trial from a low income country
Evidence for the effectiveness of Culturally adapted CBT for psychosis in Low And Middle Income Countries (LAMIC) is limited. Therefore, brief Culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp) targeted at symptoms of schizophrenia for outpatients plus treatment as usual (TAU) is compared with TAU. A total of 116 participants with schizophrenia were recruited from 2 hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan, and randomized into two groups with 1: 1 allocation (CaCBTp plus TAU = 59, TAU = 57). A brief version of CaCBTp (6 individual sessions with the involvement of main carer, plus one session for the family) was provided over 4 months. Psychopathology was measured using Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale of Schizophrenia (PANSS), Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS), and the Schedule for Assessment of Insight (SAI) at baseline and end of therapy. Participants in treatment group, showed statistically significant improvement in all measures of psychopathology at the end of the study compared with control group. Participants in treatment group showed statistically significant improvement in Positive Symptoms (PANSS, Positive Symptoms Subscale; p = 0.000), Negative Symptoms (PANSS, Negative Symptoms subscales; p = 0.000), Delusions (PSYRATS, Delusions Subscale; p = 0.000), Hallucinations (PSYRATS, Hallucination Subscale; p = 0.000) and Insight (SAI; p = 0.007). The results suggest that brief, Culturally adapted CBT for psychosis can be an effective treatment when provided in combination with TAU, for patients with schizophrenia in a LAMIC setting. This is the first trial of CBT for psychosis from outside the western world. These findings need replicating in other low and middle income countries
schizophrenia, positive and negative symptoms, psychopathology, insight
0920-9964
143-148
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Farooq, N., Saeed, S., Irfanc, M., Kiran, T., Mehmood, N., Gul, M., Munshi, T., Ahmadf, S., Kazmi, A., Husain, N., Farooq, S., Ayub, M. and Kingdon, D. (2015) Brief culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp): A randomized controlled trial from a low income country. Schizophrenia Research, 164 (1-3), 143-148. (doi:10.1016/j.schres.2015.02.015).

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Evidence for the effectiveness of Culturally adapted CBT for psychosis in Low And Middle Income Countries (LAMIC) is limited. Therefore, brief Culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp) targeted at symptoms of schizophrenia for outpatients plus treatment as usual (TAU) is compared with TAU. A total of 116 participants with schizophrenia were recruited from 2 hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan, and randomized into two groups with 1: 1 allocation (CaCBTp plus TAU = 59, TAU = 57). A brief version of CaCBTp (6 individual sessions with the involvement of main carer, plus one session for the family) was provided over 4 months. Psychopathology was measured using Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale of Schizophrenia (PANSS), Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales (PSYRATS), and the Schedule for Assessment of Insight (SAI) at baseline and end of therapy. Participants in treatment group, showed statistically significant improvement in all measures of psychopathology at the end of the study compared with control group. Participants in treatment group showed statistically significant improvement in Positive Symptoms (PANSS, Positive Symptoms Subscale; p = 0.000), Negative Symptoms (PANSS, Negative Symptoms subscales; p = 0.000), Delusions (PSYRATS, Delusions Subscale; p = 0.000), Hallucinations (PSYRATS, Hallucination Subscale; p = 0.000) and Insight (SAI; p = 0.007). The results suggest that brief, Culturally adapted CBT for psychosis can be an effective treatment when provided in combination with TAU, for patients with schizophrenia in a LAMIC setting. This is the first trial of CBT for psychosis from outside the western world. These findings need replicating in other low and middle income countries

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 February 2015
Published date: 8 March 2015
Keywords: schizophrenia, positive and negative symptoms, psychopathology, insight
Organisations: Clinical & Experimental Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 380462
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/380462
ISSN: 0920-9964
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Date deposited: 10 Sep 2015 12:12
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Author: N. Farooq
Author: S. Saeed
Author: M. Irfanc
Author: T. Kiran
Author: N. Mehmood
Author: M. Gul
Author: T. Munshi
Author: S. Ahmadf
Author: A. Kazmi
Author: N. Husain
Author: S. Farooq
Author: M. Ayub
Author: D. Kingdon

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