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Measurement of Fronto-limbic Activity Using an Emotional Oddball Task in Children with Familial High Risk for Schizophrenia
Published on: December 2, 2015
[A pilot project with clowns in psychiatric clinics]
1bawild@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Background:
This project examines whether visits of specially trained clinic clowns, as established in pediatrics, would also be useful in psychiatry.
Methods:
We describe the effects of a 6-week phase with one clown visit per week in a ward for acutely ill geriatric patients. The patients and medical team were also questioned about their attitudes towards the clowns.
Results:
We found more positive attitudes in patients after this phase.
Conclusions:
We interpret this result as an indication of positive effects and sufficient reason to initiate similar projects in the future.
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