Title |
Non conventional psychiatric rehabilitation in schizophrenia using therapeutic riding: the FISE multicentre Pindar project.
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Published in |
Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, January 2011
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DOI | 10.4415/ann_11_04_13 |
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Authors |
Stefania Cerino, Francesca Cirulli, Flavia Chiarotti, Stefano Seripa |
Abstract |
The FISE (Federazione Italiana Sport Equestri) Pindar is a multicentre research project aimed at testing the potential effects of therapeutic riding on schizophrenic patients. Twenty-four subjects with a diagnosis of schizophrenia were enrolled for a 1 year-treatment involving therapeutic riding sessions. All subjects were tested at the beginning and at the end of treatment with a series of validated test batteries (BPRS and 8 items-PANSS). The results discussed in this paper point out an improvement in negative symptoms, a constant disease remission in both early onset and chronic disease subjects, as well as a reduced rate of hospitalization. |
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