Horticultural rehabilitation programme: Effects on schizophrenia

IntroductionHorticultural therapy is a professional practice that is increasingly used in a lot of mental health rehabilitation programs. This therapy was introduced in the Comunitary Rehabilitation Service of INAD, considering its beneficial results in patients with severe mental disorder in combin...

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Published in:	European psychiatry Vol. 64; no. S1; pp. S507 - S508
Main Authors:	Bonany, J. Marti, Castellví, C. Macias, Carre, M. Pérez, Casamitjana, M.I. Martínez, Diez, E. Carrió, Arnau, A. Casals, Elias, M. Vallve, Hernández, J. Pagerols, Olive, J.R. Fortuny
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Paris Cambridge University Press 01-04-2021
Subjects:	Abstract E-Poster Presentation horticultural Horticulture Rehabilitation Schizophrenia schizophrénia
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Summary:	IntroductionHorticultural therapy is a professional practice that is increasingly used in a lot of mental health rehabilitation programs. This therapy was introduced in the Comunitary Rehabilitation Service of INAD, considering its beneficial results in patients with severe mental disorder in combination with the usual rehabilitation program.ObjectivesWe would like to study the benefits of this therapy compared to the usual in our patients.MethodsThis is an explanatory study for the purpose of establishing the association between the application of a Therapeutic Horticulture Program and the Clinical Symptomatology of Schizophrenia. A research with an experimental design Pre and Post-Test was carried out, by applying a Horticulture Program and evaluating with PANSS after 6 months its effects on the Clinical Symptomatology. The participants of the experimental group were selectively chosen. The only selection criteria were to attend the orchard at least once a week and be diagnosed with a schizophrenic disorder. The control group was chosen according to the number of members that made up the other group, with the criterion that they did not perform any outdoor activities and also had a diagnosis of schizophrenia.ResultsThe comparison of the Pre and Post-Test measures in the case of the experimental group reports the presence of statistically significant differences in the scale of positive symptomatology composite scale and general scale.ConclusionsThis psychopathological improvement of those participants open a door to possible applications of this therapy as a psychosocial treatment.
ISSN:	0924-9338 1778-3585
DOI:	10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1358