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1University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. drmcengland@yahoo.com
Purpose:
Studies show that focused intervention attenuates depreciatory hallucinations.
Design And Methods:
A repeated measures design was used in this randomized controlled trial to determine the significance of any sustained abatement in the hallucinations of 65 persons suffering from schizophrenia.
Findings:
Participants exposed to usual care supplemented with cognitive nursing intervention reported less severe hallucinations 1 year following treatment than did participants exposed to usual care only. They were 13.7 times more likely to maintain a 3-point drop in their hallucination scores.
Practice Implications:
It appears that the hallucinations of 1 in every 2.7 persons with schizophrenia will abate significantly with cognitive intervention.
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