97 THE EFFECT OF NON-HERITAGE CULTURE ON STRESS RELIEF OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS UNDER THE CONCEPT OF STEAM EDUCATION ANALYZED

Abstract Background Schizophrenia patients often face high levels of psychological stress, which not only affects their daily life and social functions, but may also aggravate the severity of symptoms. Traditional treatment methods mainly focus on medication and psychotherapy, but rarely involve cultural and artistic interventions. As a comprehensive cultural resource, intangible cultural heritage (ICH) under the educational concept of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Education (STEAM) has the potential to relieve stress and improve mental health. By integrating ICH into the STEAM education framework and exploring its stress relief effect on schizophrenia patients, it is helpful to provide new ideas and methods for mental treatment. Methods Fifty schizophrenia patients were selected and randomly divided into an ICH intervention group and a control group, with 25 patients in each group. The ICH intervention group participated in a 12-week training by participating in an ICH course with traditional crafts, folk music and dance as the content. The course combined the STEAM education concept and emphasized hands-on operation and artistic creation. The control group continued to receive conventional drug treatment and psychological intervention. Before and after the study, the stress level and symptom changes were evaluated by the Stress Assessment Scale (SAS) and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Results The results showed that the intangible cultural heritage intervention significantly reduced the psychological stress of patients with schizophrenia and improved the patients’ positive symptoms and overall symptom performance. See Table 1 for specific data. As can be seen from Table 1, the improvement in the stress score of the intangible cultural heritage intervention group was 13.7 points, from 42.3 points to 28.6 points (P < 0.05), and the positive symptom score dropped from 16.4 points to 12.3 points (P < 0.05). In the control group, the improvement in stress scores and positive symptom scores was smaller, 2.6 points and 0.3 points respectively. It can be seen that the improvement effect of the intangible cultural heritage intervention group was significantly better than that of the control group (P < 0.05). Discussion Research shows that intangible cultural heritage intervention under the STEAM education concept can significantly alleviate the psychological stress of patients with schizophrenia and effectively improve the positive symptoms of patients. By combining the unique charm of intangible cultural heritage and the diversified teaching methods of STEAM education, a new and effective stress relief method can be provided for patients with schizophrenia. This intervention method has good clinical application prospects and provides a new direction for the rehabilitation treatment of schizophrenia.