Not exact matches
Against these
positive judgements on significant aspects
of the Birmingham programme I would wish to make a
number of very important criticisms and some further suggestions for
improvement.
It is possible that the observed
positive effects
of DHA / EPA supplementation may arise from
improvements to the large
number of sufferers
of chronic inflammation, especially those who follow a pro-inflammatory diet.
The following hypotheses were tested: that the cognitive behaviour therapy would be superior to supportive counselling and routine care, and routine care alone, firstly, in reducing
positive psychotic symptoms; secondly, in preventing the exacerbation
of positive symptoms and reducing hospital stay; and, thirdly, by using the convention
of the previous study
of 50 %
improvement in
positive symptoms as an indicator
of considerable clinical
improvement, 6 in the
number of patients achieving such
improvement.
For child social problem - solving scores, both the PT+CT and CT children showed a significantly greater
improvement in the
number of different
positive solutions than did control children.
On the WALLY test, children in the intervention group showed significantly greater
improvement in the
number of positive strategies generated and on the
number of positive feelings they could identify, compared with control children.