Developing social skills, communication skills and self confidence through dance, drama and yoga in patients with long term mental illness at NIMH, Angoda
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Schizophrenia
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2013/008
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Institute of Mental Health, Angoda.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow up complete
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia made by a Consultant Psychiatrist using WHO criteria 2.Individuals who are receiving treatment from psychiatry wards in a large psychiatric hospital 3.Individuals living in the community 4.Individuals receiving psychiatric treatment due to a court order 5.Patients with a stable mental state following treatment.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patients with learning disability 2.Patients with physical disabilities 3.Patients with critical medical conditions 4.Patients whose primary diagnosis is directly linked to substance use
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of mental illness using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for Schizophrenia <br> [At baseline and after completion of 8 sessions of therapy (3 weeks)]<br>Changes in self esteem using the Rosenberg self-esteem scale [At baseline and after completion of 8 sessions of therapy (3 weeks) ]<br>Patient satisfaction using pre-tested questionnaire [At baseline and after completion of 8 sessions of therapy (3 weeks) ]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one [None]<br>