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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive therapy, another form of psychotherapy, as a treatment for schizophrenia became popular as a treatment for depression, and panic disorder. It is a psychological “talking” form of treatment in which the therapist instructs the patient how to use various psychological mechanisms to relieve symptoms and/or improve functioning. It utilizes a variety of techniques and targets specific symptoms; thus cognitive behavioral therapy is really cognitive behavioral therapies.

Surviving Schizophrenia, E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.