**Simultaneous search of Medline R, Embase and Pychinfo using Ovid** --- 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 ** --- 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