Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Cha University, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea.
Graduate School of Art Therapy, Cha University, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 21;20(1):91. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010091.
This randomized controlled study aimed to investigate the effects of art psychotherapy on moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder (MDD). Forty-two MDD patients were recruited from a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. Participants were allocated on a randomized, open-label basis to either an experimental group, wherein they were treated with art psychotherapy added to pharmacotherapy, or a control group, wherein they were treated with pharmacotherapy alone. Pre- and post-test measures of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and remission rates were measured. The results indicate that patients treated with art psychotherapy and ongoing pharmacotherapy showed slightly greater improvement when compared with pharmacotherapy alone in moderate-to-severe MDD. These results suggest that art psychotherapy could be an effective add-on strategy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe MDD. However, a rigorous test would facilitate a better understanding of art psychotherapy as an add-on strategy for MDD treatment.
这项随机对照研究旨在探究艺术心理疗法对中重度重性抑郁障碍（MDD）的疗效。42 名 MDD 患者从韩国首尔的一家精神科门诊招募而来。参与者按照随机、开放标签的原则被分配到实验组或对照组，实验组在药物治疗的基础上增加艺术心理疗法，对照组则仅接受药物治疗。使用汉密尔顿抑郁量表、贝克抑郁量表第二版和缓解率进行治疗前后的测量。结果表明，与单纯药物治疗相比，接受艺术心理疗法和持续药物治疗的患者在中重度 MDD 中的改善程度略高。这些结果表明，艺术心理疗法可能是中重度 MDD 治疗的一种有效附加策略。然而，严格的测试将有助于更好地理解艺术心理疗法作为 MDD 治疗的附加策略。
