Response rates in patients with schizophrenia and positive symptoms receiving cognitive behavioural therapy: a systematic review and single-group meta-analysis.
Irene BighelliMaximilian HuhnJohannes Schneider-ThomaMarc KrauseCornelia ReitmeirSofia WallisFelicitas SchwermannGabi Pitschel-WalzCorrado BarbuiToshi A FurukawaStefan LeuchtPublished in: BMC psychiatry (2018)
Our findings suggest that adding cognitive behavioural therapy to pharmacotherapy brings about a minimal improvement in overall symptoms among 44.5% of its recipients. Several study and patients characteristics can moderate response rates.