Emily Weiss NEA BPD Recording
May 03, 2023ID9891
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- 00:00Hi everyone, my name is Emily Weiss and today
- 00:03I'm presenting a poster on a psychotherapy
- 00:06group that I Co created and Co facilitated.
- 00:10This group blends DBT,
- 00:11mindfulness skills, and Taekwondo.
- 00:13Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that
- 00:15emphasizes mind body connections and has
- 00:18positive effects on psychological well-being.
- 00:20In part one of this project,
- 00:23we ran six groups in total on an
- 00:25adult psychiatric inpatient unit.
- 00:27Each group consisted of a
- 00:29different mindfulness, skill,
- 00:30instruction, dynamic stretching,
- 00:31and basic Taekwondo,
- 00:33hand and foot movements.
- 00:35In a sample of 19 adults,
- 00:37we looked at the effects of group
- 00:40participation on patients moods and explored
- 00:42patients experiences of being in the group.
- 00:45We found that patients reported
- 00:47significant decreases in anxiety
- 00:49after participating in the group.
- 00:51They also tended to report increases
- 00:54in relaxation and happiness.
- 00:55These differences were only
- 00:57marginally significant.
- 00:58However,
- 00:59the effect sizes were medium,
- 01:01so these differences may have reached
- 01:04significance with a larger sample.
- 01:07The qualitative feedback demonstrated that
- 01:09the group was well received by patients.
- 01:11All patients identified at least one
- 01:13part of the group they found helpful.
- 01:15Many found the entire group helpful,
- 01:17and many reported that they wouldn't
- 01:20want to change any part of the group.
- 01:23Overall,
- 01:24this preliminary evidence suggests
- 01:26that Taekwondo is a feasible solution
- 01:29for increasing physical activity
- 01:31on psychiatric inpatient units.
- 01:33The next part of this project
- 01:35examines a similar Taekwondo and
- 01:37mindfulness group in a sample of
- 01:40adult patients enrolled in an 8 week
- 01:43DBT Intensive Outpatient program.
- 01:44This group takes place as part
- 01:46of the DBT IOP curriculum.
- 01:48The first half is a skill instruction group,
- 01:51focusing on one or two of the
- 01:53core DBT mindfulness skills.
- 01:55In the second-half of the group,
- 01:57we asked participants to reflect on
- 01:59how they can apply these skills during
- 02:01the movement practice and provide
- 02:03some prompts to help participants
- 02:06practice using the mindfulness skills.
- 02:08This is followed by stretching
- 02:10and the Taekwondo practice.
- 02:12We are currently collecting quality
- 02:13assurance data and looking at whether
- 02:15group participation affects mood,
- 02:17both in the moment and over time.
- 02:19We are also collecting qualitative
- 02:21feedback from patients about
- 02:22what they like about the group,
- 02:24what they don't like and how
- 02:26they would improve it.
- 02:27And finally,
- 02:28we are asking patients to
- 02:29rate the group in terms of
- 02:31effectiveness and satisfaction.
- 02:33Thank you for visiting my poster
- 02:34and I hope you enjoy the conference.