A study by U.K. researchers finds that patients with schizophrenia diagnoses are more likely to engage in therapy and to experience positive outcomes when ascribing their problems to personality or state of mind than when believing that problems are biological in nature. The study appears in Psychological Medicine.
Freeman, D., Dunn, G; “Patients’ beliefs about the causes, persistence and control of psychotic experiences predict take-up of effective cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis.” Psychological Medicine, online July 10, 2012
