تاثير فيلم هاي كمدي در كاهش افسردگي بيماران اسكيزوفرنيك

Therapeutic effect of comedy films on decreasing of depression in the Schizophrenic patients

Introduction: This research is an evaluation of the theraputicefficacy ofcomedy films inimprovingthe mood of the long-stay schizophrenic inpatients. Materials& Methods: 50 schizophrenic patients in 2 rehabilitation wards ofRazi Psychiatric-Centerwere selected on the basis of available sampling. They were divided into 2 groups (Experimental and Control), each group con sisted of 25 patients. Before any therapeutic procedure, the magnitudes of their depression were measured by Beck Depressive Inventory. Afterwards, the experimental group was exposed to silent comedies of Charles Chaplin and Mr. Bean (RoanAtkinson) for 30 minutes every other day fortwo weeks. Meanwhile, the control group were shown a documentary film about the formation of planet Earth. At the end ofthe second week, the magnitudeofdepression ofall cases were againmeasured by B.D.I. Findings:In order to investigate the statistical significance of differences between depression magnitude among both groups before and afterthe experiment, Mann Withney -U test, was utilized. Also for defining and explaining the data and drawing the scales, SPSS and Excel softwares were employed as well. Conclusion: According to the findings ofthis research, the difference between depression magnitude in both groups before and after the exposure to comedy films was significant at P= 0.05 . This finding shows that comedy films can improve the depressed mood in the long-stay schizophrenic people.