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Caponnetto P, Auditore R, Maglia M, Pipitone S & Inguscio L (2019) Psychological wellness, yoga and quality of life in patients affected by schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A pilot study. Mental Illness, 11 (1), Art. No.: 8003. https://doi.org/10.4081/mi.2019.8003
Abstract
Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder characterized by positive symptoms, negative symptoms and neurocognitive deficits. The aim of this study was to estimate relationships between wellness,
yoga and quality of life in patients affected by schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Participants were 30 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia in care at the Rehabilitative Psychiatry and Research Villa Chiara Clinic in Mascalucia (Catania, Italy), after that randomly assigned to two
groups. The first group followed the experimental treatment with sets of yoga exercises conducted by a yoga trainer and a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist expert in yoga, while a second control group was
treated with usual care. The results revealed a significant difference, before and after treatment, between the experimental group
and the control group in quality of life.
Keywords
Yoga; cortisol; quality of life; stress; well-being
Journal
Mental Illness: Volume 11, Issue 1
Status | Published |
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Publication date | 31/12/2019 |
Publication date online | 17/06/2019 |
Date accepted by journal | 20/03/2019 |
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Publisher | Emerald |
ISSN | 2036-7465 |