Coping with anxiety and depression through a healing strategy
Keywords:
anxiety, depression, mental disorders, psychiatry, hospital psychiatry service, day centre, sanologyAbstract
Introduction: Anxiety and depression usually occur in mental disorders, and are commonly treated with drugs and interdisciplinary therapy. The sanological strategy can be used in people with sub-acute mental disorder.
Objective: To evaluate anxiety and depression in people with sub-acute mental disorder who participated in a healing strategy.
Methods: Quasi-experimental intervention study, with a single group and before and after measurements. The study group was formed by the people assigned to the "Day Hospital" program in 2019. Anxiety and depression were measured with the Beck tests, the PHQ-9 for depression in health and the Fantastic questionnaire to assess lifestyle. Data were analyzed by hypothesis testing. Ethics criteria were met.
Results: The hypothesis test showed that participating in the healing strategy in the "Day Hospital", in mental health, significantly decreased the symptoms of anxiety and depression. The mean before and after anxiety was reduced from 37.06 to 15.11 with a p = 0.000; it went from extreme anxiety to very low anxiety. The mean depression before and after decreased from 36.83 to 9.83 with a p = 0.000; severe depression was commuted to non-depression. The Fantastic questionnaire assessed the changes obtained by participation in the different sanological routes before and after the sanological strategy. The lifestyle went from bad to excellent.
Conclusions: Participating in the sanological strategy in the " Day Hospital " service decreased the symptoms of anxiety and depression in people with sub-acute mental disorders, based on significant changes in lifestyles.
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