Emotions in motion: Short-term group form Dance/Movement Therapy in the treatment of depression: A pilot study

Punkanen, Marko; Saarikallio, Suvi; Luck, Geoff

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2014.07.001

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“…The 20 sessions were structured to cover the following themes during the 10-week process: group goals, movement options and boundaries, body awareness and resources, symbols, safety and regulation, expressing emotions, body narrative, playfulness, needs, being and doing, agency, and processing through movement the time span of the group and of the participants’ own life. In earlier studies ( Punkanen et al, 2014 ; Pylvänäinen et al, 2015 ; Pylvänäinen and Lappalainen, 2018 ) these themes had been observed to be relevant to this patient population. These themes provided a structural backbone for creative responses from the therapist to the process the groups were working through.…”

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“…During the intervention process they were provided with group supervision by senior dance movement therapists. The DMT group treatment structure was based on earlier DMT studies with depressed patients ( Punkanen et al, 2014 ; Pylvänäinen et al, 2015 ). An integrative approach was employed in the treatment of depression.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…To our knowledge, there has been eight papers ( Stewart et al, 1994 ; Jeong et al, 2005 ; Koch et al, 2007 ; Röhricht et al, 2013 ; Papadopoulos and Röhricht, 2014 ; Punkanen et al, 2014 ; Pylvänäinen et al, 2015 ; Pylvänäinen and Lappalainen, 2018 ) that have studied depression in the context of embodied experience. All these papers have studied the use of dance movement therapy (DMT), or body psychotherapy facilitated by a dance therapist, in the treatment of depression.…”

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“…The use of DMT in the treatment of depression in adults or adolescents has been well documented (see, for example, Stewart et al, 1994 ; Jeong et al, 2005 ; Koch et al, 2007 ; Röhricht et al, 2013 ; Punkanen et al, 2014 ; Pylvänäinen et al, 2015 ; Pylvänäinen and Lappalainen, 2018 ; Hyvönen et al, 2020 ). DMT treatment has typically proven effective in alleviating the depression symptoms of participants.…”

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The Profiles of Body Image Associate With Changes in Depression Among Participants in Dance Movement Therapy Group

Pylvänäinen¹,

Hyvönen

Muotka

2020

Front. Psychol.

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This mixed-methods study analyzed the body image quality of 143 patients with depression. The participants received a 20 × 75 min dance movement therapy (DMT) group treatment, sessions twice a week. Body Image Assessment (BIA) was the data collection tool, with pre-, post-, and 3-mos follow-up assessments. Pre-intervention body image quality characteristics were low energy and activity levels, discomfort, shame and disgust toward the body, tension in social interactions. On the BIA scores, a statistical method of Latent Profile Analysis was utilized to identify participant profiles in the data. The two identified profiles were participant with initial negative body image and participant with initial neutral body image. Depression symptoms were measured with BDI, and symptoms decreased for both participant profiles following the DMT intervention. The neutral profile participants had a significantly lower depression level, better energy level, and more frequently used mindfulness factors of acting aware, non-judgmentality and non-reactivity (measured with FFMQ). Findings suggest a systemic interaction between depression symptoms, body image, attachment style, activity level, and mindfulness skills. In an interactive DMT setting it is possible to address all of these factors simultaneously.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Profiles of Body Image Associate With Changes in Depression Among Participants in Dance Movement Therapy Group

Pylvänäinen¹,

Hyvönen

Muotka

2020

Front. Psychol.

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“…Punkanen et al ( 2014 ) conducted a pilot study where DMT group was used in the treatment of depressed patients. Twenty-one depressed adult participants were recruited to participate in 20 sessions of group DMT, twice weekly.…”

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A dance movement therapy group for depressed adult patients in a psychiatric outpatient clinic: effects of the treatment

2015

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We were interested in investigating the effects of dance movement therapy (DMT) in a psychiatric outpatient clinic with patients diagnosed with depression. DMT aims to engage the patients in physical and verbal exploration of their experiences generated in movement based interaction. The assumption was that DMT, which includes both physical engagement as well as emotional and social exploration, would alleviate the mood and psychiatric symptoms. All adult patients (n = 33) included in the study received treatment as usual (TAU). Twenty-one patients participated in a 12-session DMT group intervention, and the remaining 12 patients chose to take TAU only. The majority of the patients suffered from moderate or severe depression, recurrent and/or chronic type. The effects of the interventions were investigated after the intervention, and at 3-month follow-up. Compared to the TAU, adding DMT seemed to improve the effect of the treatment. The effect of the DMT was observable whether the patient was taking antidepressant medication or not. At follow-up, between group effect sizes (ES) were medium in favor for the DMT group (d = 0.60–0.79). In the DMT group, the within ES at the 3 months follow-up varied from 0.62 to 0.82 as compared to TAU 0.15–0.37. The results indicated that DMT is beneficial in the treatment of depressed patients.

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The Creative Arts in Counseling

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Emotions in motion: Short-term group form Dance/Movement Therapy in the treatment of depression: A pilot study

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The Profiles of Body Image Associate With Changes in Depression Among Participants in Dance Movement Therapy Group

The Profiles of Body Image Associate With Changes in Depression Among Participants in Dance Movement Therapy Group

A dance movement therapy group for depressed adult patients in a psychiatric outpatient clinic: effects of the treatment

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