2194 8 archive 2 disk0/00/00/21/94 2008-06-29 02:19:54 2008-06-29 02:19:54 2008-06-29 02:19:54 article show Azhar M.Z. Universiti Putra Malaysia. Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences. Dept. of Psychiatry pub R none Cognitive behaviour therapy, schizophrenia, hallucination, delusion, negative symptoms, psychiatry Many people are not aware that the first description of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia was by Aaron Beck in 1952. Subsequently there were many case studies on the use of CBT for treatment of delusions and hallucinations. Over the years many groups of workers started to experiment with new CBT strategies and using randomized controlled trials were able to show the usefulness of CBT in schizophrenia. Interestingly after looking at the literature, it was discovered that most of the work in this area have essentially emerged from a small group of pioneering cognitive therapists working in the United Kingdom. Their work has impacted greatly on service delivery within the National Health Service so that cognitive therapy is now a mandated treatment for all patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Empirical support for the cognitive approach to hallucinations, delusions and negative symptoms will be briefly described in this editorial. 2007 published Malaysian Journal of Psychiatry 16 1 Malaysian Psychiatric Association TRUE 0128-8628 http://ejournal.psychiatry-malaysia.org/article.php?aid=1