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Imagery Rescripting as a Treatment for Early Psychosis

The goal of this multiple baseline case series study is to test the effect of imagery rescripting (ImRs) in early psychosis. Primary objective :The course of schema or core beliefs, wellbeing and self-esteem in early psychosis. Secondary objective: The change in psychotic and trauma symptoms (full questionnaire), core emotions, strength of affect and obtrusiveness of image. Other objectives are research into the working mechanisms of imagery rescripting by collecting qualitative data from patients and their practitioner in a qualitative interview. For this study, a multiple-baseline single-case experimental design (SCED) is used testing different outcome variables in 8 patients with early psychosis. After a variable baseline period of 1-3 weeks participants will start twice weekly with imagery rescripting for 4-6 sessions, followed by a 3 week follow up. Participants will rate schema- or core beliefs on a visual analogue scale. Wellbeing and selfesteem will be measured 4 times with questionnaires. In addition . Secondary we will asses four times questionnaires about psychotic and trauma symptoms and daily measures of core emotions, affect and obtrusiveness of the intrusion. After treatment participants will be interviewed about their experiences.