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What Can Qualitative Research Tell Us about Service User Perspectives of CBT for Psychosis? A Synthesis of Current Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2011

Clio Berry  and
Mark Hayward
Clio Berry*
Affiliation:
University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Mark Hayward
Affiliation:
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton and Hove, UK
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Reprint requests to Clio Berry, University of Sussex, School of Psychology, Pevensey 1, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9HQ, UK. E-mail: c.berry@sussex.ac.uk
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Abstract

Background: Although recommended in national treatment guidelines, there is much that is still unknown about CBT for psychosis (CBTp) in terms of the process and experience of the therapy. One way to investigate these gaps in knowledge is to explore service users' experiences through qualitative research. Aims: To consolidate existing qualitative explorations of CBTp from a service user perspective. Method: Qualitative synthesis and comparison with previous research findings. Results: Two analytical themes were created from initial descriptive themes common to multiple studies: “The ingredients in the process of therapy” and “What is the process of therapy?” Conclusions: Qualitative synthesis is a useful method for generating new insights from multiple qualitative studies. Service user perspectives on CBTp corroborate existing research and may also offer more novel findings regarding the ingredients and process of therapy. However, qualitative studies are limited in number and do not always maximize the prominence of service user experience.

Keywords

CBTqualitative methodspsychosisservice userstherapysynthesisthird wavesystematic reviewspsychological therapies

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Brief Clinical Reports
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , July 2011 , pp. 487 - 494
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2011

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