Psychological wellness, yoga and quality of life in patients affected by schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A pilot study

Pasquale Caponnetto (CTA-Villa Chiara Psychiatric Rehabilitation Clinic and Research, Mascalucia, Italy;) (Department of Clinical and Experimental Biomedicine, University of Catania, Italy;) (Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, UK;)
Roberta Auditore (CTA-Villa Chiara Psychiatric Rehabilitation Clinic and Research, Mascalucia, Italy;)
Marilena Maglia (CTA-Villa Chiara Psychiatric Rehabilitation Clinic and Research, Mascalucia, Italy;) (Department of Clinical and Experimental Biomedicine, University of Catania, Italy;)
Stefano Pipitone (Vidya Vahini Trust, Uttarkashi, Himalayas, India;) (Yoga Vidya, Siracusa, Italy;)
Lucio Inguscio (Department of Psychology, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy)

Mental Illness

ISSN: 2036-7465

Article publication date: 22 March 2019

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Abstract

Schizophrenia is a serious psychiatric disorder characterized by positive symptoms, negative symptoms and neurocognitive deficits. The aim of this study was to estimate relationships between wellness, yoga and quality of life in patients affected by schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Participants were 30 patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia in care at the Rehabilitative Psychiatry and Research Villa Chiara Clinic in Mascalucia (Catania, Italy), after that randomly assigned to two groups. The first group followed the experimental treatment with sets of yoga exercises conducted by a yoga trainer and a psychiatrist or a clinical psychologist expert in yoga, while a second control group was treated with usual care. The results revealed a significant difference, before and after treatment, between the experimental group and the control group in quality of life.

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Caponnetto, P., Auditore, R., Maglia, M., Pipitone, S. and Inguscio, L. (2019), "Psychological wellness, yoga and quality of life in patients affected by schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A pilot study", Mental Illness, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 22-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/mi.2019.8003

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Marilena Maglia, CTA-Villa Chiara Psychiatric Rehabilitation Clinic and Research, Via del Bosco, 243, 95030 Mascalucia (CT), Italy. Tel.: +39.095.7910366.

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