입원 중인 조현병 환자를 대상으로 한 심리극(싸이코드라마)이 환자의 의사소통 능력과 대인 관계 기술에 미치는 영향 = Effect of Psychodrama in Hospitalized Patients with Schizophrenia on Communication Skills and Interpersonal Skills

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Objectives Primary purpose of this study was to evaluate therapeutic effects of psychodrama on inpatients with schizophrenia. Method Psychodrama was administered to 56 patients with schizophrenia who were hospitalized in Keyo Hospital. Similarly, 56 patients who were hospitalized at Keyo Hospital and did not participate in the psychodrama were set as control group. Psychodrama was administered 50 minutes once a week for 3 months. we used Communication Skill Scale, Relationship Change Scale, Relationship Function Scale, Clinical Global Impression-Severity(CGI-S), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale(BPRS) to assess function of the patients. Assessment was done at the beginning and end of the period. In this study, we compared assessment-score before and after psychodrama first. Then we compared patients who participated in psychodrama and patients who did not. Results After 12 sessions of psychodrama, Patients who participated psychodrama showed improvement in communication skills and interpersonal relationship. Patients also showed improvement in Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale(BPRS) score. there was no significant change in Clinical Global Impression-Severity(CGI-S) score. Conclusion Results suggested that psychodrama is useful treatment method for improving communication and interpersonal skills in hospitalized patients with schizophrenia. we can expect that psychodrama can play a useful role in treatment of schizophrenia patients. Future research to generalize of the results of this study is necessary.