Over-Optimism of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Schizophrenia

摘要

To the Editor: The review article by Douglas Turkington, M.B.Ch.B., F.R.C.Psych., and colleagues (1) makes the assertion that cognitive behavior therapy for treating patients with schizophrenia has been accepted in the United Kingdom and that evidence supporting this treatment for schizophrenia validates a similar uptake in the United States. In the editorial accompanying the article by Turkington and colleagues (2), it is accepted that cognitive behavior therapy is a promising treatment but that there is a need to avoid overpromising. To this caution, two points must be made.