Multimodal Treatment of a Child with Schizophrenia

Abstract

A case is presented of a five-year-old boy with schizophrenia who received both art and play therapy within a multimodal therapeutic program. The course of the two therapies is presented followed by a discussion of the similarities and differences of the techniques, but also noting the complementary and synergistic results.

Present Status and Future Directions for Empirically Based Play Interventions for Children.

“…The additive effects of play interventions in multimodal intervention programs for other internalizing disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder have yet to be investigated. Finally, some have recommended that children with schizophrenia be treated with a multimodal treatment approach that includes play therapy (e.g., Sikes & Kuhnley, 1984;Wundheiler, 1976). However, outcome studies do not currently exist.…”