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Mr. Z. was a 35 years old man, educated up till eighth grade, eldest among five siblings and was a resident of Lahore. He was referred to the hospital with the complaints of hearing a voice which was commanding client about everyday life chores, suspiciousness that someone was trying to harm him and belief that people look and laugh at him. He also reported feelings of restlessness and social withdrawal. The client was diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Multiple Episodes, currently in Acute Episode on the basis of formal and informal assessment. The case was conceptualized on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and it was used to devise a management plan for the client. A total number of 16 sessions were conducted with him in which different techniques like normalization, ABC model for hallucination and delusion, coping strategies enhancement, challenging beliefs about voices and delusions through verbal challenging techniques and empirical testing, family counselling, relapse prevention were used for the management of symptoms. The client reported to have approximately 70% of improvement by the termination of therapy. Key Words: Schizophrenia, Positive symptoms, Negative symptoms, Cognitive behavior therapy

aroojkhan98@yahoo.comFakhra Wakil. (2021) Management of Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: A Case Study, Pakistan Journal of Professional Psychology Research and Practice, Vol. 12, No. 1, Vol.12, No. 1.
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