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Coping Tactics and the Management of Acutely Distressed Schizophrenic Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Heidi Allen  and
Carol Bass
Heidi Allen
Affiliation:
Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow
Carol Bass
Affiliation:
Ealing Hospital, London
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Two patients with florid symptoms and severely disturbed behaviours were treated with a cognitive-behavioural programme. The programme aimed to facilitate the patients' and their carers' ability to adaptively cope with the distress generated by the patients' florid symptoms. Both patients actively co-operated and responded with a marked reduction in symptoms and behavioural disturbance.

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Clinical Section
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 61 - 72
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1992

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