How Reducing Anxiety in Schizophrenia

Ten subjects, five women and five men, all volunteers, were included in the study. The patients were all clients of the rehabilitation center for psychotic disorders (Le Vinatier hospital) situated in Lyon, France. Criteria for entry into the study included: a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder-4 diagnosis of schizophrenia as confirmed by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview for DSM-IV (MINI); age between 18 and 65; being clinically stable (i.e. not having required hospitalization or increases in medication as a result of an exacerbation of acute symptoms over the previous three months. All subjects completed a set of "paper and pencil" standardized assessments at pre-intervention and immediately after the end of the intervention. Trait and State anxiety was assessed using the French version of the Spielberger State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (S-STAI). Three questionnaires were used in order to evaluate the outcomes quality of life of patients. 1/ The Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS); 2/ Patient's body/mind perceptions were assessed using mindfulness concept (Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory, FMI), and 3/ Patients' quality of life was evaluated using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS). One questionnaire was used to assess how patients deal with stress and stressors (the Derogatis Stress Profile, DSP).