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Meals, Mindfulness, & Moving Forward: A feasibility study to a multi-modal lifestyle approach in early psychosis
Early intervention in psychiatry
Short Title: Early Interv.Psychiatry.
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: Nov 30, 2017
Sources ID: 30646
Notes: LR: 20180307; CI: (c) 2018; JID: 101320027; OTO: NOTNLM; 2017/10/18 00:00 [received]; 2018/01/12 00:00 [revised]; 2018/02/04 00:00 [accepted]; 2018/03/08 06:00 [entrez]; 2018/03/08 06:00 [pubmed]; 2018/03/08 06:00 [medline]; aheadofprint
Visibility: Public (group default)
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AIM: The primary aim was to demonstrate adherence to a novel 6-week lifestyle intervention program ("Meals, Mindfulness, & Moving Forward" [M(3) ]) designed to help improve lifestyle practices of youth with a history of at least 1 psychotic episode. METHODS: M(3) used a non-equivalent control group design involving clients from a community early intervention program. Seventeen individuals in the active M(3) program and 16 controls were assessed for secondary outcomes at baseline, 6-weeks, and 12-weeks (6 weeks post-intervention) on cardiometabolic and symptomatic outcomes. RESULTS: The program met its primary aim with 88% (15/17) of participants meeting adherence criteria. Compared with the controls, M(3) participants showed significant improvement in positive psychotic symptoms (P = .002). CONCLUSION: This pilot study showed that young people involved in a community early intervention program adhered to an activity-based lifestyle program which included mindfulness meditation, yoga and nutrition education, warranting further evaluation with a larger sample size.