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Xavier Belsiyal Chellappan1, Sreevani Rentala2, Anindya Das3
1College of Nursing, AIIMS, Rishikesh, India.
Purpose:
This study examined therapeutic milieu interventions on self-esteem, socio-occupational functioning, and depressive symptoms among inpatients with depressive disorders.
Methods:
A pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group quasi-experimental design was adopted. Sixty participants with depression who got admitted to the general hospital psychiatric ward were assigned to a control (Treatment as Usual) group and an experimental (therapeutic milieu intervention) group nonrandomly using a convenience sampling technique. We evaluated the following outcome measures: self-esteem, socio-occupational functioning, and depressive symptoms for both groups at baseline, 4th, 8th, and 12th weeks.
Results:
Therapeutic milieu interventions improved self-esteem, socio-occupational functioning, and reduced depressive symptoms. The findings provided initial evidence for practice.
Implications:
Psychiatric nurses can implement simple, milieu therapy interventions in any setting, which will enhance the clinical outcomes and socio-occupational functioning of depressive patients.
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