Ego-pathology, body experience, and body psychotherapy in chronic schizophrenia
| Autor: | Iris. Suzuki, Nina Papadopoulos, Stefan Priebe, Frank Röhricht |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Paranoid schizophrenia medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Psychological intervention Pilot Projects Severity of Illness Index law.invention Body psychotherapy Group psychotherapy Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Randomized controlled trial law Body Image Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Body cathexis Humans Psychiatry medicine.disease Self Concept Psychotherapy Affect Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Schizophrenia Chronic Disease Female Schizophrenic Psychology Psychology Psychopathology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 82:19-30 |
| ISSN: | 1476-0835 |
| DOI: | 10.1348/147608308x342932 |
| Popis: | Objectives. In a recent pilot RCT, looking at the efficacy of body oriented psychological therapy (BPT) in patients with chronic schizophrenia, a marked improvement in negative symptoms was found in the treatment group. To date, there have been no studies to evaluate the therapeutic processes, correlates and predictors of change in-patients receiving BPT. The aims of this study are to address three specific questions, namely how: (1) Ego-pathology and (2) Body experiences, may change during the treatment (BPT). We also looked at: (3) If these pathologies, and/or changes in them, or other characteristics are associated with specific clinical outcomes. Design. Analysis of data obtained within a pilot randomized controlled trial. Method. In a sample of patients with a diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia, allocated to receive a course of body oriented group psychotherapy, certain parameters were assessed pre- and post-treatment: (1) Ego-pathology, using the ego-pathology inventory (EPI); (2) Body experiences, (size perception/image marking procedure – IMP, body image/body distortion questionnaire – BDQ, and body cathexis/visual-analogue-scales – VAS); and (3) Common symptom factors, using the Positive And Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS). Subjective experiences were also recorded. Results. Four out of six ego-pathology symptom scores improved over the course of therapy (t=2.9–3.5, p |
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