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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• López-Navarro, Emilio
• Al-Halabí, Susana

Titel

Effects of mindfulness on psychotic symptoms: insights from a randomized clinical trial

Ist Teil von

• Psychosis, 2022, Vol.14 (1), p.93-98

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mindfulness has been found to be a helpful approach for some peole who experience psychosis. We used data from a prior exploratory clinical trial, to compare the effects on psychotic symptoms of six months of standard psychiatric rehabilitation versus six months of standard psychiatric rehabilitation combined with weekly mindfulness sessions. 52 patients from a community rehabilitation center were randomly allocated to Integrated Rehabilitation Treatment (IRT) or IRT enhanced with Mindfulness Based Interventions (IRT+MBI). Measures comprised a clinical record form and the PANSS interview scored according to the five-factor model of Wallwork. Raters were blinded to treatment allocation. Both groups reduced their scores in the Depression factor (IRT+MBI: F = 5.29, p = .026, Ƞ 2 = .096, IRT: F = 4.51, p = .039, Ƞ 2 = .083), IRT+MBI also reduced their scores in the Negative (F = 32.21, p < .001, Ƞ 2 = .392) and Excited (F = 4.87, p = .032, Ƞ 2 = .089) factors. Simple effect analysis at post-treatment showed significant differences in the Negative factor in favor of IRT+MBI (F = 4.67, p = .035, Ƞ 2 = .085). Mindfulness did not increase the frequency of positive symptoms but it did reduce negative symptoms. The lack of an effective treatment for negative psychotic symptoms underscores the clinical importance of the findings.