title: Art therapy for schizophrenia?
abstract: Art therapy is used as a complementary treatment to antipsychotics in schizophrenia. However, its effectiveness is not clear. To answer this question, we searched in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening multiple databases. We identified five systematic reviews including 20 studies overall, of which four were randomized trials. We extracted data and prepared summary of findings tables using the GRADE method. We concluded it is not clear whether art therapy leads to clinical improvement in schizophrenia because the certainty of the evidence is very low.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile. Email: daceituno@med.puc.cl. Address: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diagonal Paraguay 476, Santiago Centro, Chile.
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aceituno
authors.affiliation: Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Programa de Salud Basada en Evidencia, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rada
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001155:Art Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents