title: Person-based contextual therapy applied to a complex case of schizophrenia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychological therapies are becoming more and more important in schizophrenia, and not as mere adjuncts to medication. The psychotherapy of schizophrenia is taking on a new lease of life in the wake of person-based phenomenological and psychological developments.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case in question was a complex one, with variegated symptomatology that had persisted over many years. Approaching the case from the perspective of person-based cognitive therapy allowed us to understand the psychotic symptoms in the biographical context and to apply a therapy focused on the patient's recovery of her sense of self and of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of the therapy and throughout the 12-month follow-up, the psychotic experiences had practically disappeared, or ceased to be disturbing, and the patient had become re-integrated in social life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychotic symptoms take on meaning in the biographical context. Adopting this perspective can aid the psychopathological explanation of the disorder and provide significant therapeutic help, more focused on recovery. Psychological therapy has shown itself to be viable in complex cases treated within the public-sector healthcare context.
authors: Servicio Cántabro de Salud.
authors: Óscar
authors: Ó
authors: Vallina Fernández
authors: Marino
authors: M
authors: Pérez Álvarez
authors: Purificación
authors: P
authors: Fernández Iglesias
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Soto Balbuena
authors: Salvador
authors: S
authors: Perona Garcelán
authors: José Manuel
authors: JM
authors: García Montes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*