تاثير شعردرماني گروهي بر وضعيت رواني بيماران اسكيزوفرنيك

Effect ofGroup Form Poetry Therapy on Mental Status ofSchizophrenic Patients

Objective: Schi zophreni a is o ne o f the complex psy chiat ri c disorder s. Although the antipsyc hotic ag ent is the main treatment for thi s disorder, but psychologi cal inter venti ons are effective on clinical symptoms and poetry therap y as one of those interventions may be effective on psych osocial aspe ct of schi zophrenia. The purpos e of present study is inve sti gati on of poetry therap y e ffect on mental and beh avioral s ta te of schi zophreni c patients. Materials & Methods: In thi s interv eruional a nd experim ent al s tudy 29 schi zophreni c patients were se lec ted by sample of convenience from Razi psychiatr y center and were ass igned probability to poetry therapy group (n= 14) and contro l group (n= 15). For experimental gro up. poetry the rap y was held in one hour ses sio n, twi ce weekly for 6 weeks. The bri ef psychiatri c rating sc ale and behavi oral problem sca le were used as questionnaires. St ati stical analysis of data was done by Independent T te st and paired T test. Results: Th e findings showed that there wa s sig nif ica nt differ en ce between mental and behavioral s tate of before and after intervention in poetry therapy group (P