Clinical Application of Dance Therapy in Psychiatric Outpatients with Schizophrenia.
- Author:
Jaehyun LEE
1
;
Subin PARK
;
Hyun Sik KIM
;
Chang Yoon KIM
Author Information
1. Sewha Psychiatrics Clinic, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Schizophrenia;
Dance therapy;
Self-representation;
Self-esteem;
Interpersonal relationship;
Quality of life
- MeSH:
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale;
Checklist;
Dance Therapy;
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;
Humans;
Outpatients;
Quality of Life;
Schizophrenia;
Social Adjustment
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2008;47(3):279-285
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Dance therapy can be applied as one of various psychiatric rehabilitation programs in clinical situations. This study was aimed to investigate applicability of dance therapy to schizophrenic outpatients, in regard to improving social adjustment and quality of life for these patients. METHODS: Twenty one psychiatric outpatients enlist who met DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia were studied. We conducted dance therapy session once a week, totally 8 sessions. The assessments were done before and after dance therapy. Patients reported Self & Others Representation Inventory-Adjective Checklist (SORI), Self-esteem Scale, and Relationship Change Scale (RCS) and Doctors assessed Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), and Quality of Life Scale (QoLS) in interview. RESULTS: After 8 sessions of dance therapy, patients showed significant improvements in sociability in SORI, satisfaction, intimacy, sensitiveness, openness, comprehensiveness in RCS, and significant decrease of symptoms in BPRS, SANS. QoLS also was improved significantly. There was no significant change in Self-esteem Scale. CONCLUSION: These results suggested that dance therapy could be applied to schizophrenic outpatients in clinical situations, and it helped to improve self-representation, interpersonal relationship, and quality of life.
