An interventional study: recreational therapy on schizophrenic patients
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
The Present study tries to explore the effect of Recreational Therapy on Mental Status of Schizophrenics. Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behavior, such as pacing back and forth, somatic complaints and rumination. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Recreational Therapy on Mental Status of Schizophrenics. For this data was collected randomly from Chaitanya Rehabilitation center, Pune on 60 schizophrenic patients. “Brief Psychiatric Assessment Scale” was used to assess the mental status of Schizophrenics. Initially Mental status of the patients was assessed using the scale followed by 20 days of Recreation therapy and again posttest was taken using the same scale. The result of the present study revealed some significant findings indicating that Recreation therapy was significantly effective.
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Sheetal Barde, Seeta Devi, Sheela Upendra
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