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. 2008 Jan;44(1):40-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2008.00146.x.

Significance of cognitive intervention for voice hearers

Margaret England  1
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Significance of cognitive intervention for voice hearers

Margaret England. Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2008 Jan.

Abstract

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.

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