Cognitive Restructuring and Graded Behavioural Exposure for Delusional Appraisals of Auditory Hallucinations and Comorbid Anxiety in Paranoid Schizophrenia

Table 1

Subjective pre- and postintervention reflections on the patient’s own difficulties.

	Preintervention quotes	Postintervention quotes
Voices	They’re scary and they freak me out.	They’re still there but I don’t attend to them as much now.
Appraisals	I’m being chased and will be punished.	These are probably my own thoughts.
Anxiety	I often become scared. Anxiety can be overwhelming.	I’m not as anxious as before. I can relax more often now.
Night time	The scariest time.	I fall asleep easier now. I hardly ever take my sleeping tablets.
Coping	I cannot cope. I’m losing control.	I can cope and move on. I can see a ray of light in my life now.