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Recommendations<br />
B<br />
B<br />
C<br />
People with SMI and diagnosis of schizophrenia and related disorders that have cognitive<br />
impairment must be offered cognitive rehabilitation programmes.<br />
Cognitive rehabilitation programmes aimed at people with SMI and cognitive impairment<br />
must be <strong>in</strong>tegrated <strong>in</strong>to more extensive psychosocial rehabilitation programmes.<br />
From the cognitive rehabilitation <strong>in</strong>terventions or programmes aimed at people with SMI,<br />
it is advisable to choose those that <strong>in</strong>clude or are accompanied by “compensatory” <strong>in</strong>terventions,<br />
<strong>in</strong> other words, changes <strong>in</strong> strategy, and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> cop<strong>in</strong>g skills or techniques.<br />
5.1.8. Other psychotherapies: morita therapy, drama therapy,<br />
distraction therapy and hypnosis<br />
Morita therapy <strong>for</strong> people with SMI<br />
Morita therapy is a systematic psychotherapy based on Eastern psychology. The therapy was created<br />
to treat neurosis and its use has been extended to schizophrenia although, to date, its efficacy<br />
has not been systematically verified. The therapy <strong>in</strong>cludes a structured behavioural programme to<br />
promote relationships with others and consequently, greater social function<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
There is a systematic review carried out by He et al 126 (11 RCT, n = 1041) which analyses<br />
the effects of morita therapy <strong>in</strong> hospital environments <strong>for</strong> people with SMI and a diagnosis of<br />
schizophrenia and related disorders, compar<strong>in</strong>g them with standard care <strong>in</strong> connection with social<br />
function<strong>in</strong>g (daily liv<strong>in</strong>g activities-DLA) and mental state (negative symptomatology, measured<br />
through SANS and the general mental state, accord<strong>in</strong>g to scores obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the BPRS). The studies<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded vary with respect to the number of treatment phases and the treatment duration.<br />
Standard care consists of pharmacological treatment, and the results are grouped <strong>in</strong>to shortterm<br />
(up to 12 week), medium term (13 to 52 weeks), and long term (>52 weeks).<br />
This type of therapy is not a common normal OK practice and it is not very well-known<br />
among professionals of the Spanish National Health System, as it has its orig<strong>in</strong>s <strong>in</strong> an Asiatic<br />
culture (<strong>in</strong> particular, Japan and Ch<strong>in</strong>a). Sufficient studies have not been found, either, and there<br />
are no data about its practice that can be applied to people with SMI <strong>in</strong> different cultural contexts.<br />
Distraction techniques <strong>for</strong> people with SMI<br />
Distraction techniques were considered to be cop<strong>in</strong>g strategies <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g a diversion. This can be<br />
a passive distraction technique, such as watch<strong>in</strong>g television, listen<strong>in</strong>g to music, us<strong>in</strong>g headphones<br />
or practic<strong>in</strong>g relaxation. Alternatively, the distraction can <strong>in</strong>volve activities, such as play<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
<strong>in</strong>strument, writ<strong>in</strong>g, read<strong>in</strong>g, garden<strong>in</strong>g, walk<strong>in</strong>g or some other <strong>for</strong>m of exercise. Other distraction<br />
techniques <strong>in</strong>clude socialisation, suppression of unwanted thoughts and problem-solv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>for</strong><br />
future events 127 .<br />
Craw<strong>for</strong>d-Walker et al 128 (5 RCTs, n = 186) exam<strong>in</strong>e the cl<strong>in</strong>ical effects of distraction techniques<br />
to divert attention from halluc<strong>in</strong>ations <strong>in</strong> people with schizophrenia or related disorders.<br />
In this SR the distraction techniques are compared with standard care (type of care that a person<br />
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