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 CBT is also a helpful treatment for anxiety disorders. Patients who suffer from persistent panic attacks are inspired to test out convictions they have related to such attacks, such as specific fears related to bodily sensations, and to develop realistic responses to such convictions. This treatment is very efficient for those who suffer from problems. Patients who have obsessions and compulsions are guided to expose themselves to what they fear and beliefs surrounding their fears are identified and modified. The same is true for people with phobias, including phobias of animals or phobias of evaluation by others. Those having treatment are exposed to what they fear and convictions that have served to maintain such fears are targeted for modification.
CBT for schizophrenia has got considerable attention in the United Kingdom, over the past 10 years. While this treatment continues to be in its infancy in the United States, the results from researches in the United Kingdom have encouraged considerable interest in therapists in the U.S., and more therapists are conducting the treatment now than just a few years ago. In this treatment, patients are encouraged to identify convictions and their influence and to undergo experiments to test their beliefs. Treatment concentrates on thought patterns that lead to distress and also on developing more adaptive, realistic interpretations of events. Delusions are treated by developing an understanding of the kind of evidence the person uses to support the belief and inspiring the patient to realize evidence that may have been overlooked that does not support the belief. Moreover, the assumed omnipotence of "voices" is tested, and patients are encouraged to use various coping mechanisms to examine the controllability of auditory hallucinations.
CBT’s concentrates on thoughts and beliefs, they are available to a wide variety of problems. CBT has achieved wide popularity both for therapists and consumers, because it has perfect empirical support. Those who may get CBT training include psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and psychiatric nurses. Those seeking treatment employing a CBT approach are inspired to ask their therapist what CBT training they have had.
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