The healing effect of goal-oriented dance and movement therapy in schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial
Arts in Psychotherapy, cilt.71, 2020 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 71
- Basım Tarihi: 2020
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.aip.2020.101702
- Dergi Adı: Arts in Psychotherapy
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Art Abstracts, Art Index, Art Source, EMBASE, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Psycinfo, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Schizophrenia, Dance, Goal-oriented, Functional remission, Randomized controlled trial
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study was designed as a rater-blinded, randomized, controlled study conducted in a community mental health center. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a goal-oriented dance and movement therapy (DMT) on symptomatology and functional remission in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Thirty-two adults diagnosed with schizophrenia (ages 18–65) were randomly assigned to intervention or control groups. The intervention comprised twice-weekly dance and movement therapy sessions for 8 weeks. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Functional Remission of General Schizophrenia (FROGS) were selected as outcome measures. Significant improvements were reported in negative symptoms, general psychopathology, and functional remission after the goal-oriented dance and movement therapy group in comparison with the control group. The findings of this study indicate that the goal-oriented DMT may be used for achieving more effective psychosocial outcomes. Further studies with long term follow up and larger samples are needed to support these results.