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Coping Strategy Enhancement (CSE): A Method of Treating Residual Schizophrenic Symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Nicholas Tarrier ,
Susan Harwood ,
Lawrence Yusopoff ,
Richard Beckett  and
Amanda Baker
Nicholas Tarrier
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Sydney
Susan Harwood
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester
Lawrence Yusopoff
Affiliation:
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Richard Beckett
Affiliation:
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Amanda Baker
Affiliation:
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
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A method of teaching coping skills to patients with schizophrenia who experience unremitting psychotic symptoms is described. This method (Coping Strategy Enhancement CSE) is based on a thorough behaviour analysis of each symptom and the assessment of any coping strategy the subject may already employ. The subject is then systematically trained in the use of appropriate coping strategies in response to the occurrence of their psychotic symptoms. Two case studies are described in which CSE was used. Both patients showed considerable improvements over treatment. In one patient improvement continued at 6 month follow-up, in the other there was some deterioration at follow-up. Possible reasons for these results were discussed.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 283 - 293
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1990

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