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  • Mental Health
  • Psychotherapy
  • Movement Therapy

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  • Depression affects over 350 million globally, with limited evidence-based treatments.
  • Existing treatments like medication and talking therapies have limitations.
  • There's a need for accessible, culturally adaptable depression treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of dance movement therapy (DMT) for depression.
  • To compare DMT with standard care, psychological therapies, or drug treatments.
  • To assess different DMT approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Searched multiple databases including Cochrane, CINAHL, AMED, ERIC, and clinical trial registries.
  • Included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of DMT for depression across all age groups.
  • Assessed methodological quality and extracted data independently.

Main Results:

  • Three small RCTs with 147 participants were included.
  • Overall, DMT showed no reliable effect on depression (very low quality evidence).
  • One study indicated a positive effect on social functioning, but results were imprecise.

Conclusions:

  • Low-quality evidence from small trials prevents firm conclusions on DMT's effectiveness for depression.
  • Larger, high-quality trials are necessary to assess DMT's efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and acceptability.
  • Further research should include all age groups and economic analyses.