The Effect of Recognition and Expression of Emotions Program Applied to Schizophrenia Patients
Schizophrenia, Alexithymia, Emotion, Expressed
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Schizophrenia focused on measuring Alexithymia, Schizophrenia, Emotion, Expressed
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patient who had received a diagnosis of schizophrenia and comes to the Community Mental Health Center regularly, Being able to read and communicate Being 18 years of age or older, Not having mental retardation, Not having insight, understanding, hearing problems, Being in remission, Volunteering to study Exclusion Criteria: Not diagnosed with clinical schizophrenia, Being under the age of 18, Having mental retardation, Having no insight, Not understanding and hearing, Not in remission Refusing to participate in the study Stop studying at any stage of the study
Sites / Locations
- Sinop Community Mental Health CenterRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control group
Experimental group
At the beginning of the study, data collection tools Personal Information Form, Expression of Emotions Scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale will be applied to the control group. No intervention will be made in the control group. Measurement tools will be applied for the posttest. Emotional Expression Scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale will be reapplied 1 month after the last session.
Emotion recognition and expression program is aimed to be carried out in 8-week sessions for schizophrenia patients included in the experimental group. Personal Information Form, Expression of Emotions Scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale will be applied to the experiment. The principal investigator will lead the structured group sessions as the group leader. The principal investigator will lead the structured group sessions as the group leader. Each group is planned to be 60-90 minutes. Before sessions, participants are taken from their previous session's emotions so far. Homework is discussed by providing recall of the topic from the previous session, and then the current topic is moved on. At the end of each session, a general summary and evaluation is made. After the sessions in the research, measurement tools will be applied for the posttest. It will be reapplied 1 month after the last session.