Augmenting cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for psychosis through integration of attachment theory

我的研究旨在改善精神病患者的健康状况和福祉，精神病是全球致残的主要原因之一。总的来说，这些研究将调查通过可视化任务培养的安全感和人际安全感是否能减少偏执和焦虑，并提高情绪和康复效果。如果我们发现这是事实，那么简单的可视化任务可以纳入心理治疗，并使用独立的干预，以改善精神病患者的健康和康复结果。反过来，这将降低NHS的医疗成本。

My research aims to improve health outcomes and wellbeing of people with psychosis, which is among the leading causes of disability worldwide. Collectively, the studies will investigate whether feelings of safety and interpersonal security, fostered by a visualisation task, reduce paranoia and anxiety and increase mood and recovery outcomes. If we find this to be the case, the simple visualisation task could be incorporated into psychological therapy, and used a standalone intervention, to improve wellbeing and recovery outcomes for people with psychosis. This, in turn, would reduce healthcare costs to the NHS.