Abstract
Mr. Z. was a 35 years old man, educated up till eighth grade, eldest among five siblings and was
a resident of Lahore. He was referred to the hospital with the complaints of hearing a voice
which was commanding client about everyday life chores, suspiciousness that someone was
trying to harm him and belief that people look and laugh at him. He also reported feelings of
restlessness and social withdrawal. The client was diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Multiple
Episodes, currently in Acute Episode on the basis of formal and informal assessment. The case
was conceptualized on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and it was used to devise a
management plan for the client. A total number of 16 sessions were conducted with him in which
different techniques like normalization, ABC model for hallucination and delusion, coping
strategies enhancement, challenging beliefs about voices and delusions through verbal
challenging techniques and empirical testing, family counselling, relapse prevention were used
for the management of symptoms. The client reported to have approximately 70% of
improvement by the termination of therapy.
Key Words: Schizophrenia, Positive symptoms, Negative symptoms, Cognitive behavior therapy
aroojkhan98@yahoo.comFakhra Wakil. (2021) Management of Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Case Study, Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology Research and Practice, Vol. 12, No. 1, Vol.12, No. 1.
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