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The Effects of Adding Art Therapy to Ongoing Antidepressant Treatment in Moderate-to-Severe Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Study

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  • Myungjoo Lee

    (Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Cha University, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Han Choi

    (Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Cha University, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea
    Graduate School of Art Therapy, Cha University, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Jiwon Shin

    (Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Cha University, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea)

  • Ho-Suk Suh

    (Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Cha University, Seongnam 13488, Republic of Korea
    Department of Psychiatry, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, Cha University, Seoul 135913, Republic of Korea)

Abstract

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.

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  • Myungjoo Lee & Han Choi & Jiwon Shin & Ho-Suk Suh, 2022. "The Effects of Adding Art Therapy to Ongoing Antidepressant Treatment in Moderate-to-Severe Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2022:i:1:p:91-:d:1010477
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