Volume 26, Issue 3
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2017.1035
Effect of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy-based on Exercise Prescription Intervention on Adolescent Mental Health
Abstract
Background: Considering the serious negative impact of depressive disorder on adolescent mental health, this study explored the effect of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT)-based exercise prescription on adolescent mental health-specifically depression, anxiety, and sleep quality. Method: A total of 144 adolescent patients with depression who were treated in three third-grade first-class (3A) general hospitals in Zhejiang Province from January to September 2016 were selected for the intervention experiment and divided into the control group, conventional psychological intervention group, and SFBT-based exercise prescription intervention group, with 48 patients in each group. The control group received ordinary mental health education from their school's mental health teacher. The conventional psychological intervention group received targeted clinical counseling according to their psychological evaluation. The SFBT-based exercise prescription intervention group received intervention in accordance with the exercise prescription developed on the basis of solution-focused brief therapy. Results: After six months of intervention, the SAS, SDS, and PSQI scores decreased in all three groups (P <0.05). The exercise prescription intervention group showed the greatest decreases in all three scores, followed by the conventional intervention group (P <0.05). Conclusions: SFBT-based exercise prescription intervention is highly effective at reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents and can significantly improve adolescents' sleep quality among adolescents. At the same time, SFBTbased exercise prescription intervention can lead to the decline of anxiety level and the improvement of sleep quality while improving students' depression. This study provides new ideas and methods for adolescent mental health intervention.