Development of the methodology of art therapy in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia
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https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-4798.2017.109173Keywords:
art-therapy, patients with schizophrenia, social functioning, positive, negative, general psychopathological syndromesAbstract
Aim: The development and probation of the methodology of art-therapy in the system of therapy and rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia.
Materials and methods: During the research out the complex clinical-psychopathological and psychodiagnostic examination of 125 patients of both sexes, 20–45 years old (mean age 35,0±2,0 years ) with the established diagnosis schizophrenia in the period of stabilization was carried. The main group (patients took part in art-therapy) included 95 persons (54 women and 41 men). The control one included 30 хворих (16 women and 14 men), who received the standard regulated therapy at a hospital.
Research results. During the research the two-stage system of art-therapy in the complex therapy of patients with schizophrenia was offered and its effectiveness was proved. There was established the expressed positive dynamics of the level of social functioning of patients and positive dynamics of positive, negative and general psychopathological syndromes by РANSS scale.
Art-therapy favors the fast social reintegration of patients with schizophrenia, improvement of their life quality.
Conclusion. The art-therapeutic intervention of patients with schizophrenia must be directed on: patients’ busy being at the expanse of their involvement in meaningful activity; development and support of their creative skills; sensor stimulation; reaction to feelings and experience of positive emotions, connected with the creative activity and its results; support and development of communicative skills, independence and self-organization; psychological integration of patients.
Art-therapy for patients with schizophrenia, based on elaborated principles, is characterized by the higher effectiveness comparing with traditionally used methods
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