A group music and imagery (GrpMI) intervention was located to be efficient at treating girls with posttraumatic pressure disorder (PTSD) or complicated posttraumatic pressure disorder (CPTSD). These findings have been published in the European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation.
Women (N=45) who have been referred for PTSD/CPTSD remedy at a private clinic in Sweden in 2016 to 2018 have been recruited for this study. Participants have been evaluated by questionnaire about psychiatric symptoms and functioning. Patients have been matched primarily based on age and severity of symptoms and randomized to get wait list (n=23) or the GrpMI intervention (n=22). The principal outcome was the adjust in PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (PCL-5) score.
The intervention comprised 12 weekly 2-and-a-half-hour group sessions with 5 to 7 participants which applied the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music technique. During each and every session, a therapist would guide participants with dialogues throughout a 30–45-minute classical music system. The guided imagery focused on self-exploration and working by means of inner conflicts and trauma.
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The intervention and manage cohorts have been aged imply 45.2 (SD, 10.7) and 42.2 (SD, 9.10) years, 77.3% and 87.% skilled each adult and childhood trauma, 50.% and 52.2% have been on sick-leave from work, 59.1% and 47.8% have been married, and 86.4% and 73.9% had youngsters, respectively.
Compared with controls, the GrpMI intervention connected with substantial modifications to the PCL-5 (F[1,42], 8.68 P ≤.01), Hopkins Symptom Check List-25 (HSCL-25 F[1,42], 7.94 P ≤.01), HSCL-5 Anxiety Subscale (F[1,42], 7.94 P ≤.01), PCL-5 Dysregulated Self Organization (F[1,42], 5.37 P ≤.05), HSCL-25 Depressive Subscale (F[1,42], 4.45 P ≤.05), Dissociative Experience Scale (DES F[1,42], 5.59 P ≤.05), and Positive States of Mind Scale (PSOMS F[1,42], 5.17 P ≤.05).
More patients who received the GrpMI intervention had a diagnostic adjust (38.1% vs 4.3% χ2, 9.50 P =.023) and a 10 or higher point adjust in the Rate of Clinical Improvement (57.1% vs 17.4% P =.007).
This study might have been restricted by deciding on a nonactive manage situation.
The study authors concluded, “The result of the present study suggests that the phased trauma-focused modification of the GrpMI method may be a promising treatment modality for PTSD and CPTSD. Additional studies are warranted to confirm the efficacy of the method and to investigate the specific mechanisms relevant to the treatment effect.”
Reference
Rudstam G, Elofsson UOE, Söndergaard HP, Bonde LO, Beck BD. Trauma-focused group music and imagery with women suffering from PTSD/Complex PTSD: A randomized controlled study. EJTD. 20226(3):100277. doi:10.1016/j.ejtd.2022.100277
