title: The advantages of "Dance-group" for psychotic patients.
abstract: Psychosocial rehabilitation and in particular group dances allow the recovery of lost or compromised ability of patients with mental illness, and they facilitate their reintegration into the social context. The dance group has enabled users of the Day Centre of the Unit of Mental Health Torre del Greco ASL NA 3 south to achieve the objectives of rehabilitation such as: taking care of themselves, of their bodies and their interests, improving self-esteem , the management of pathological emotions, socialization and integration, overcoming the psychotic closing and relational isolation. In particular, patients with schizophrenia, psychotic and mood disorders had a concrete benefit from such rehabilitation activities, facilitating interpersonal relationships, therapy compliance and significantly improved mood, quality of life, providing them with the rhythm and the security in their relationship with each other. The dance group and for some individuals, also psychotherapy and drug therapy, have facilitated social inclusion, improved the quality of life and cured their diseases. The work is carrying out in a group with patients, practitioners, family members, volunteers, social community workers, following the operating departmental protocols. Using the chorus group "Sing that you go" as an operational tool for psychosocial rehabilitation and therapeutic element we promote the psychological well-being and the enhancement of mood.
authors.affiliation: Social cooperative "Saint Lucia" of Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy, romina.tavormina@libero.it.
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavormina
authors.forename: Maurilio Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tavormina
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nemoianni