[Adta] study on dmt with adolescents with mild depression

[Iris Bräuninger]

dear colleagues,
me again with another intersting article on a dmt study.
enjoy,
iris bräuninger

Jeong YJ, Hong SC, Lee MS, Park MC, Kim YK, Suh 
CM. Dance movement therapy improves emotional 
responses and modulates neurohormones in 
adolescents with mild depression. Int J 
Neurosci., Dec;115(12):1711-20.

Department of Physical Education, Wonkwang 
University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.
This study assessed the profiles of psychological 
health and changes in neurohormones of 
adolescents with mild depression after 12 weeks 
of dance movement therapy (DMT). Forty middle 
school seniors (mean age: 16 years old) 
volunteered to participate in this study and were 
randomly assigned into either a dance movement 
group (n = 20) or a control group (n = 20). All 
subscale scores of psychological distress and 
global scores decreased significantly after the 
12 weeks in the DMT group. Plasma serotonin 
concentration increased and dopamine 
concentration decreased in the DMT group. These 
results suggest that DMT may stabilize the 
sympathetic nervous system. In conclusion, DMT 
may be effective in beneficially modulating 
concentrations of serotonin and dopamine, and in 
improving psychological distress in adolescents 
with mild depression.
-- 
Dr. Iris Bräuninger M.A.
Deputy Head Physio-, Dance Movement Therapy
Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich
Dance Movement Therapist, BTD, DTR
Trainer, Supervisor, BTD
European Certificate for Psychotherapy ECP
KMP Notator
Im Ziel 33
CH-8125 Zollikerberg