Community mental health journal.
Publisher:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. New York, NY : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (1999)
Frequency: Bimonthly
Country: United States
Language: English
Start Year:1965 -
ISSN:
0010-3853 (Print)
1573-2789 (Electronic)
0010-3853 (Linking)
1573-2789 (Electronic)
0010-3853 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2.7
2022
| NLM ID: | 0005735 |
| (DNLM): | C33440000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01564527 |
| Coden: | CMHJAY |
| LCCN: | 75220001 |
| Classification: | W1 CO429N |
Therapeutic horseback riding for ACT patients with schizophrenia. One form of psychiatric leisure rehabilitation which has only recently been explored for individuals with schizophrenia is Therapeutic Horseback Riding (THBR). This study is the first to examine THBR for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) patients with schizophrenia. A sample of 6 ACT patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who reside in the community and 6 mental health care staff participated in 10 weeks of weekly horseback riding sessions with an experienced THBR instructor. Participating patients, staff and the THBR instructor were qualitatively interviewed at the start, ...