ArticleWorld journal of psychiatry2019
Do adjunctive art therapies reduce symptomatology in schizophrenia? A meta-analysis.
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- Traumatic Events, Social Adversity and Discrimination as Risk Factors for Psychosis - An Umbrella Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- The effects of coloring therapy on patients with generalized anxiety disorder.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2022Trial
- Knowledge About Psychosocial Interventions Among Individuals With Severe Mental Illness: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Schizophrenia treatment preferences of psychiatrists versus guidelines: A European perspective.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Review
- Effects of Visual Art Therapy on Positive Symptoms, Negative Symptoms, and Emotions in Individuals with Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Psychotic Disorder after Left Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke-An Atypical Event.Actas espanolas de psiquiatria · 2024Article
- [Art therapy : Current developments in research and training].Der Nervenarzt · 2022Article
- Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2022Article
- The Use of Kinesthetic Empathy with Adults Living with Treatment Resistant Depression: A Survey Study.American journal of dance therapy · 2022Article
- Neuropsychiatric issues after stroke: Clinical significance and therapeutic implications.World journal of psychiatry · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundArt therapies are advocated by national bodies, such as the United Kingdom's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, to alleviate the negative symptoms associated with schizophrenia. The last decade has however, seen several new larger well-controlled trials published suggesting an update is timely.
aimTo asses randomised controlled trials (RCT) of art therapies for reducing the symptoms of schizophrenia - particularly negative symptoms.
methodsSearches of PubMed and Scopus were conducted until May 2019 for RCTs examining the impact of art therapies on psychosis (positive, negative and total) symptoms in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Study quality was assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Random effects meta-analyses were used to derive overall effect sizes. Moderator analyses were conducted using both meta-regression and categorical comparisons.
resultsWe identified 133 articles, of which 9 RCTs involving 948 participants (475 assigned to art therapies and 473 controls) met our inclusion criteria. Using random effects models, we calculated pooled effect sizes (Hedges
conclusionThis review presents a comprehensive meta-analysis of art therapies in schizophrenia in terms of both studies included and participant numbers. We found that art therapies did not significantly reduce total or positive symptoms. A "small" therapeutic effect was found for negative symptoms, but we show that the effect is not present in blind trials and may be subject to publication bias.
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