Open AccessThe previous experience of group art-work at complex hospital treatment of patients with hard psychiatric disorders
Author(s) -
В. Г. Косенко,
И. В. Хлопина,
Yu. G. Poroshin,
L. А. Alexandrova,
Ye. G. Patrakova,
Maria Dobryakova
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bûlletenʹ sibirskoj mediciny
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1819-3684
pISSN - 1682-0363
DOI - 10.20538/1682-0363-2008-5-1-194-197
Subject(s) - art therapy , psychology , group psychotherapy , mental hospital , psychiatry , psychotherapist , general hospital , psychiatric hospital , medicine , clinical psychology , family medicine
The article lists brief survey on the history of the art-therapy development. The main features of application of this method of the group psychotherapy with psychotic and other hard mental patients are described. The experience of application of the group art-therapy in the general sections of the mental hospital is summarized. The uniqueness of the described studies depends on concerted actions of psychologist and artist, discussions on their results with the psychiatrists in charge of the cases, taking into account while selecting complex treatment. The method is not only extending the abilities of complex biopsychosociotherapy of the mental diseases in hospital conditions, but also promotes the better adaptation of the mental patients in family and society after discharge.