Art therapy with adult bone marrow transplant patients in isolation: a pilot study
| Autor: | Patricia Walka, Alice B. Kornblith, Paola Luzzatto, Jackie Vandenbovenkamp, Bonnie Gabriel, Elissa Bromberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Psychotherapist Isolation (health care) Art therapy media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Pilot Projects Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Patient Isolation Intervention (counseling) Humans Medicine Bone Marrow Transplantation media_common Depression business.industry Art Therapy Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Affect Psychiatry and Mental health Distress Oncology Feeling Physical therapy Feasibility Studies Female Thematic analysis business |
| Zdroj: | Psycho-Oncology. 10:114-123 |
| ISSN: | 1099-1611 1057-9249 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/pon.498 |
| Popis: | Psycho-social interventions for cancer patients in isolation for bone marrow transplant (BMT) have been advocated in the recent literature. It is not clear what type of interventions would be most appropriate. This study was conducted at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), with three aims. (1) To test the feasibility of introducing art therapy as a supportive intervention for adult BMT patients in isolation. Nine patients were seen in art therapy sessions twice a week while in isolation, and were helped to develop free personal images. The three art therapists used the same art therapy program as a model. (2) Toassess how patients would use the program. Forty-two images were made by the nine patients during the art therapy sessions. A thematic analysis of the images showed that the patients used art therapy effectively in three ways: (a) to strengthen their positive feelings, (b) to alleviate their distress, and (c) to clarify their existential/spiritual issues. (3) The third aim was to identify which patients would most benefit from art therapy. Our results suggest that the non-verbal metaphorical modality of art therapy may be especially beneficial for patients who need to deal with emotional conflicts, and with feelings about life and death, in a safe setting. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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