With growing awareness of the likelihood of recovery from schizophrenia, interest has arisen about the potential role of psychotherapy within emerging treatment regimens. Could psychotherapy uniquely promote recovery by addressing symptoms, the achievement of psychosocial milestones, and/or helping to enhance the extent to which persons diagnosed with schizophrenia experience themselves as meaningful agents in the world? As an introduction to a set of case studies of how psychotherapy can promote recovery this article briefly reviews the history of the psychotherapy of schizophrenia. In particular the appearance and course of psychoanalytically oriented treatments, as well as cognitively and interpersonally based treatments are detailed. Evidence supporting these approaches and remaining questions for research are discussed.
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