Supportive therapy for schizophrenia

Supportive Therapy for Schizophrenic Disorders

Zusammenfassung Nach der empirischen Absicherung der Wirksamkeit Kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie (KVT) bei schizophrenen Psychosen stellt sich zunehmend die Frage nach den Wirkmechanismen. In diesem Zusammenhang spielt die supportive Therapie (ST) eine bedeutsame Rolle als unspezifische Kontrollbedingung. Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt den derzeitigen Stand der Forschung zur ST bei schizophrenen S...

Supportive-Expressive Therapy

Supportive evidence for reduced expression of GNB1L in schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND Chromosome 22q11 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) increases the risk of development of schizophrenia more than 10 times compared with that of the general population, indicating that haploinsufficiency of a subset of the more than 20 genes contained in the 22q11DS region could increase the risk of schizophrenia. In the present study, we screened for genes located in the 22q11DS region that...

Exercise therapy for schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND The health benefits of physical activity and exercise are well documented and these effects could help people with schizophrenia. OBJECTIVES To determine the mental health effects of exercise/physical activity programmes for people with schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Schizophrenia Group Trials Register (December 2008) which...

Insulin shock therapy for schizophrenia medicinal therapy