**Simultaneous search of Medline R, Embase and Pychinfo using Ovid**
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1:
psychotherapy.mp OR exp Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive/ or exp Psychotherapy/ or exp Psychotherapy, Multiple/ or exp Psychotherapy, Group/ or exp Psychotherapy, Brief/ or exp Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic/ OR psychological intervention.mp OR exp Cognitive Therapy/ OR exp Behavior Therapy/ OR behavio*r therapy.mp OR cognitive therapy.mp Or CBT.mp OR exp Family Therapy/ OR family therapy.mp OR cognitive remediation.mp OR social skills training.mp OR sensory art therapies.mp OR exp sensory art therapies/ OR art therapy.mp OR exp Art therapy/ OR psychoeducation*.mp OR exp Patient Education as Topic/ OR psychoanalytic therapy.mp OR exp Psychoanalytic Therapy/ OR counse*ling.mp OR Directive Counselling OR exp Counselling/ OR Distance Counselling/ OR supportive therapy.mp Or befriending.mp or psychosocial intervention.mp 

AND

2: 
exp SCHIZOPHRENIA/ or exp SCHIZOPHRENIA, CATATONIC/ or exp SCHIZOPHRENIA, CHILDHOOD/ or exp SCHIZOPHRENIA, DISORGANIZED/ or exp SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID/ or Disorders with Psychotic Features/ or exp Psychotic Disorders/ or exp Paranoid Disorders/ or schizo*.mp or psychotic*.mp or psychos*.mp or psychoses.mp

AND

3:
randomi$ed controlled trial.pt OR controlled clinical trial .pt OR randomi$ed.tw OR randomly.tw OR trial.tw OR groups.tw 

AND

4:
animals/ NOT humans/ 

AND

5:
3NOT4 

AND

6:
1AND2AND5 

**CENTRAL database **
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1:
Psychotherapy OR psychological intervention OR behavio*r therapy OR cognitive therapy Or CBT OR family therapy OR cognitive remediation OR social skills training OR sensory art therapies OR art therapy OR psychoeducation* OR psychoanalytic therapy OR counse*ling OR Directive Counselling OR Distance Counselling OR supportive therapy Or befriending or psychosocial intervention 

AND

2: 
MeSH descriptor: [Psychotherapy] explode all trees 

AND

3:
#1or#2 

AND

4:
MeSH descriptor: [Schizophrenia] explode all trees 

AND

5:
Schizo* or Psychotic or psychos* or psychoses 

AND

6:
#4 or #5 

AND

7:
#3 and #6 Publication Year from 1860 to 2016, in Trials