Treating delusional disorder: a comparison of cognitive-behavioural therapy and attention placebo control.

Objective: Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) has proved effective in treating delusions, both in schizophrenia and delusional disorder (DD). Clinical trials of DD have mostly compared CBT with either treatment as usual, no treatment, or a wait-list control. This current study aimed to assess patients with DD who received CBT, compared with an attention placebo control (APC) group.

Estimating local-area needs for psychiatric care: a case study.

Background: Different approaches to estimating local catchment-area needs for psychiatric services are illustrated and compared.

Method: Data from an epidemiological morbidity survey of a random sample of 496 adults were available, as were actual service utilisation rates. Four types of utilisation were modelled (i.