[00:00:00] Speaker B: What if a specific type of therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis could help stop psychosis before it starts? Psychosis is.
[00:00:09] Speaker A: A serious mental health condition where a person often sees or hears things that aren't there or believes things that aren't true.
[00:00:16] Speaker B: CBTP.
[00:00:17] Speaker A: Helps people challenge and change thoughts and related behaviors to cope with thinking distortions, thus helping people manage serious mental health challenges.
[00:00:24] Speaker B: Psychological, psychiatric.
[00:00:26] Speaker A: And behavioral scientists from 13 research and medical centers report reviewed 22.
[00:00:30] Speaker B: Research studies with.
[00:00:31] Speaker A: Over 3700 participants with.
[00:00:33] Speaker B: Psychosis.
[00:00:34] Speaker A: Who engaged in.
[00:00:35] Speaker B: CBTP.
[00:00:36] Speaker A: They measured the patient's quality of life and symptoms.
Researchers found.
[00:00:40] Speaker B: That CBTP.
[00:00:41] Speaker A: Improved mood, sleep and self esteem and even prevented the.
[00:00:44] Speaker B: First episode of.
[00:00:45] Speaker A: Psychosis in.
[00:00:46] Speaker B: People at high risk.
[00:00:47] Speaker A: Well being improved in people with persecutory delusions and helped even when medication was slow or did not work. Like any therapy.
[00:00:55] Speaker B: CBTP.
[00:00:55] Speaker A: Has limits. Few specialists and centers may be available, but its positive effects on everyday life are encouraging. Families, friends, partners or persons dealing with.
[00:01:05] Speaker B: Psychosis.
[00:01:05] Speaker A: Seek and encourage offerings of CBTP in addition to psychiatric medicines.
[00:01:10] Speaker B: Together they.
[00:01:11] Speaker A: Can have a more rapid path to long term stability and a.
[00:01:14] Speaker B: Better quality of life.
