pportive counseling and those who simply received routine care a significant benefit was shown. Patients treated with cognitive behavior therapy were eight times more likely to show reduction of fifty percent or more in psychotic symptoms than subjects receiving routine care alone. They also had shorter duration of psychotic episodes and less sever symptoms. In terms of relapse, patients treated with cognitive behavior therapy were much less likely to relapse than those who received routine care, and when they did they spent much less time in the hospital. (Tarrier et al. 1998) The different methods of such therapy that are used are cognitive therapy with a normalizing rationale; coping strategy enhancement; and comprehensive cognitive-behavioral therapy.Another effective technique is early intervention. Clinical interventions are implemented when signs of a coming relapse are detected in an attempt to prevent it. This has, along with prophylactic medication, proven to be successful fairly regularly.As we have seen, while non-drug treatments and techniques for helping those with schizophrenia exist, some are not utilized as much as they could and should be. These techniques should be implemented more as patients often neglect to take medication. While it would be difficult to change so many things at once, focusing training staff, lightening the staff’s caseload, making sure to hold interventions for high risk families, and learning to not be put off by ECT to use it even in times when it would be the best treatment for the patient, if it is taken bit by bit, these changes can be accomplished. It is unfortunate that better treatment for patients with schizophrenia is not used because of monetary issues, but that is the main reason for most hospitals ignoring the staff training guidelines mentioned here.Family interventions as well as additional cognitive behavioral therapy and other kinds of therapy are also limited by the patien...
