TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Di Taranto, Carola
AU  -  Procenesi, Leonardo
AU  -  Paterniti, Angela Maria
AU  -  Loppi, Elisa
AU  -  Speranza, Anna Rita
AU  -  Siracusano, Alberto
AU  -  Niolu, Cinzia
T1  -  Outcome of the use of the Snoezelen Multisensory Room in an alexithymic patient: a case report
PY  -  2022
Y1  -  2022-05-01
DO  -  10.1708/3814.37992
JO  -  Rivista di Psichiatria
JA  -  Riv Psichiatr
VL  -  57
IS  -  3
SP  -  134
EP  -  140
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-2502
Y2  -  2026/04/29
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1708/3814.37992
N2  -  Summary. Alexithymia is a “transdiagnostic” dimensional construct consisting in difficulty in recognizing one’s own emotional states and/or sharing them to others. In this case report we illustrate our experience of administration of Snoezelen Multisensory Room (SMR) treatment to a patient, one of our psychiatric inpatient’s younger sister who had high levels of alexithymia. SMR treatment consists of visual, auditory, and olfactory controlled stimulations in a specific environment whose application in the psychiatric field is promising. It was administered to Greta twice a week for five weeks. Every session was carried out by a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Therapist and lasted forty-five minutes. The aim of this case report is to illustrate how the individualized, patient-oriented treatment in the SMR led to an improvement not only in the scores of the scales that assess the dimensions of alexithymia (TAS-20 and TSIA) but also in emotional openness that was crucial for the start of a psychological pathway.
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