Lecture 8

Question 1

Article: De Gruijter et al. (2024) “Perceived effects of drama therapy in people diagnosed with PDs”

De Gruijter et al. (2024)

Answer 1

PDs are challanging to treat.

Dramatherapy has been introduced as treatment, article studies effects

Question 2

On what aspects focusses drama therapy

De Gruijter et al. (2024)

Answer 2

Emotion regulation and interpersonal skills.

Uses:
- Role-playing
- Theater
- Creative expression

To help patients explore and process difficult emotions and behaviors.

Question 3

Results

5 overarching themes

De Gruijter et al. (2024)

Answer 3

1. Allowing playfulness and its inherent benefits
2. Connecting the inner and outer emotional world (helped bridge the gap between inner emotions and external expressions)
3. Understanding of maladaptive coping styles (understand why they acted in certain way)
4. Intrapersonal and interpersonal behavior change
5. General therapeutic conditions (importance of supportive therapy group and an empathetic therapist)

Question 4

Discussion/Conclusion

De Gruijter et al. (2024)

Answer 4

Dramatherapy has sign benefits for people with PDs, mostly in:

• Emotional expression
• Interpersonal skills
• Self-understanding

Study shows value of experimental therapies in combination with traditional verbal psychotherapies.

Question 5

Article: Heayen (2022) “Effects of arts and psychomotor therapies in PDs. Developing a treatment guideline based on a systematic review using GRADE”

Heayen (2022)

Answer 5

Article examines the role of arts and psychomotor therapies (including arts therapy, drama therapy, music therapy, dance therapy, and psychomotor therapy) in the treatment of PDs.

Aim is to explore whether these therapies provide sign benefits for individuals with PDs.

Question 6

GRADE methodology

Heayen (2022)

Answer 6

Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation

Is a framework used to develop and present evidence and recommendations in a structure, transparant manner.

GRADE system assesses quality of evidence, grading it from hogh to low, and helps make strong or weak recommendations based on the balance of benefits and harms, patient values, and the certainty of the evidence.

Question 7

Discussion

Heayen (2022)

Answer 7

Findings suggest that arts and psychomotor therapies have sign positive effects on various psychological and emotional outcomes in individuals with PDs

Question 8

What do the art therapies promote?

Heayen (2022)

Answer 8

• emotional expression,
• improve self-regulation
• reduce pathological behaviors such as impulsivity and emotional detachment.