By Julia M. Sheffield, Aaron P. Brinen, Brandee Feola, Stephan Heckers, and Philip R. Corlett in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science Introduction This article seeks to explain why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) helps reduce persecutory delusions and how it produces change at a cognitive and neurobiological level. Although CBTp is recognized as an effective treatment, its cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms have not been well understood. The authors argue that...

Kopelovich, Brown, & Hardy (2025), American Psychiatric Association – Focus This narrative review in a special issue of the APA’s Focus journal traces the theoretical foundations, empirical growth, and implementation trajectory of cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBTp) in the United States. The authors highlight CBTp’s evolution from early behavioral and educational approaches into a flexible, transdiagnostic intervention incorporating cognitive, behavioral, motivational, and...