[Psychotherapy with expressive technics in psychotic patients]

Area of Science:

• Psychiatry
• Psychotherapy
• Non-verbal communication

Context:

• Group psychotherapy for psychotic patients requires innovative therapeutic approaches.
• Traditional methods may not fully engage patients with severe mental illness.
• Non-verbal expressive techniques offer a potential alternative or adjunct.

Purpose:

• To evaluate the efficacy of a corporal language technique in group psychotherapy for psychotic patients.
• To assess the impact of sense-perception, corporal expression, and yoga-based exercises.
• To compare outcomes across psychotic, psychosomatic, and heterogeneous patient groups.

Summary:

• A five-step corporal language technique integrating sense-perception, expression, and yoga was implemented in group psychotherapy.
• Participants included psychotic, psychosomatic, and heterogeneous groups, alongside a control group.
• Patients responded positively to movement-based exercises without adverse emotional reactions.

Impact:

• Clinically observed improvements in sociability and decreased anxiety across all patient groups.
• Reduced medication requirements were noted due to therapeutic benefits.
• Two schizophrenic patients potentially no longer required biological therapy.