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Preliminary Evaluation of Culturally Adapted CBT for Psychosis (CA-CBTp): Findings from Developing Culturally-Sensitive CBT Project (DCCP)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2014

Nazish Habib ,
Saima Dawood ,
David Kingdon  and
Farooq Naeem
Nazish Habib
Affiliation:
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Saima Dawood
Affiliation:
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
David Kingdon
Affiliation:
Southampton University, UK
Farooq Naeem*
Affiliation:
Southampton University, UK
*
Reprint requests to Farooq Naeem, Southampton University, Southampton SO14 3ED, UK. E-mail: farooqnaeem@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Background: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) has a strong evidence base and is practised widely in the Western World. Psycho-social interventions, on the other hand, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) are hardly used in the low and middle income countries for psychosis. It has been suggested that adaptations in content, format and delivery are needed before CBT can be used outside the Western cultures. We describe preliminary evaluation of Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CaCBTp) in in-patient settings in Lahore, Pakistan. Aims: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CaCBTp) in Pakistan in a pilot project. Method: In a randomized controlled trial we tested CaCBTp against treatment as usual (TAU) in in-patient settings in Pakistan. Those diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the DSM-IV-TR, and who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, were recruited into the study. Patients (n = 42) were randomized into two equal groups, i.e. CaCBTp and TAU. Assessments were carried out both at the baseline and then at the end of the therapy by raters blind to the groupings. Psychopathology was measured using PANSS (Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale of Schizophrenia), PSYRATS (Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales), and the Insight Scale. Results: Patients receiving CaCBTp showed statistically significant improvement on measures of positive symptoms (p = .000), negative symptoms (p = .000), overall psychotic symptoms (p = .000), hallucinations (p = .000), delusions (p = .000) and insight (p = .000) at the end of the therapy. Conclusions: The CaCBTp was effective in reducing symptoms of psychosis and in improving insight in in-inpatient settings in Pakistan.

Keywords

Acute psychosispsychosisbehavioural therapyblack and ethnic minorityCBTcognitive behaviour therapy
Type
Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 43 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 200 - 208
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2014 

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