March 11, 2021

Karolina Bryl, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies and Sherry Goodill, PhD, a clinical professor and chair of the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University, published an article in the American Journal of Dance Therapy.

The article, Development, Execution and Acceptance of a Manualized Dance/Movement Therapy Treatment Protocol for the Clinical Trial in the Treatment of Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Functioning in Schizophrenia, describes in detail the development of manualized dance/movement therapy treatment protocol for a clinical trial on the negative symptoms and psychosocial functioning in individuals with schizophrenia. It provides a comprehensive description of the step-by-step process of the creation and implementation of the intervention manual, and it offers a guideline to help researchers conceptualize, develop, pilot, revise and execute the treatment protocol.

eference: Bryl, K., & Goodill, S. (2020). Development, Execution and Acceptance of a Manualized Dance/Movement Therapy Treatment Protocol for the Clinical Trial in the Treatment of Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Functioning in Schizophrenia. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 42(2), 150–175.