U.S., June 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07005388) titled 'Cultural Adaptation of Group CBT Psychosis Manual and Establishing Its Efficacy in Pakistan' on March 21, 2024.
Brief Summary: A study aimed to culturally adapt group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) for Pakistani patients with schizophrenia. Fifty inpatients from PIMH were randomly assigned to experimental (N=25) and control (N=25) groups. Both groups showed significant improvement in symptoms post-intervention (p<0.05). This suggests that culturally adapted group CBTp is effective for schizophrenia patients in hospital settings, addressing the scarcity of CBT-trained therapists in government hospitals in Pakista...