Dance and Movement Therapy in Patients With Schizophrenia (DMTinSchizo)
Schizophrenia, Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia, Disabilities Mental
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Schizophrenia focused on measuring Dance and movement therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- have been diagnosed with schizophrenia for at least two years
- not have been hospitalized in the past 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- have a therapy/psychoeducation program that they attend regularly
- have a known physical or neurological disease
- having just started the Community Mental Health Center
Sites / Locations
- Amasya Üniversitesi Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin Eğitim Ve Araştirma Hastanesi
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Experimental group
Control group
Dance and movement therapy is planned to be applied once a week as a total of 12 sessions of 60 minutes. First session; meeting, warming up, determining the group rules, explaining the principles, determining the expectations activities. Subsequent sessions; The greeting is completed with warm-up, initiation, continuation and closing activities. During the warm-up phase, the whole group comes together to form a circle, generally standing, in order to ensure the group dynamic. It starts with simple warm-up exercises such as breathing and muscle relaxation and continues with body awareness exercises. In the continuation (development of themes) stage, practices are included according to the characteristics and needs of the group.