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Brittany Cruse 4 April 2014 Art Therapy for Psychosis Art therapy is a way to walk in her shoes without judgment. #NewAge

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Page 1: Art Therapy for Psychosis

Brittany Cruse

4 April 2014

Art Therapy for Psychosis

Art therapy is a way to walk in her shoes without judgment. #NewAge

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“Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?” Dr. Rosen, A Beautiful Mind

Introduction

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•Art therapy: the topic interests me because my favorite book is based on a similar method

• Iceberg view of Culture• Shallow Culture• Visual arts• Deep Culture• Nonverbal communication• Definition of insanity

Research Focus

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•What are common symptoms of those suffering from psychosis and how do they progress in later stages of life?

•What are some treatments for psychosis and how effective are they?

•What is art therapy and how does it help individuals suffering from psychosis?

Questions

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Art therapy is crucial to help individuals suffering from psychosis put a voice to and deal with their confusion in every stage of psychosis and following the relief of symptoms.

“The task of therapy is not to eliminate suffering but to find a form in which it can be expressed. The therapist then would be an artist of the soul, working with sufferers to enable them to find the proper container for their pain, the form in which it would be embodied.” Stephen K. Levine

Research Thesis

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•5 different stages of psychosis (EPPIC)• At-Risk part 1• At-Risk part 2• Active• Recovery • Continued Care

What are common symptoms of those suffering from psychosis and how do they progress in later stages of life?

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•Medication (CAMH)• Effective but has many side effects and risks • Must continue after symptoms are relieved • If not, symptoms return with hirer intensity

•Art therapy (Art Therapy Journal)• Effective but requires medication as well• Easier environment • Recommended to continue after relieved of symptoms

•Recommended to participate simultaneously

What are some treatments for psychosis and how effective are they?

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•People are naturally creative • Easier to draw than speak when traumatized (Art

Therapy Journal)

•Art therapist guides sessions (Art Therapy Journal) • Begin with prompt• Ask about various aspects of picture

• Subconscious takes over in art

What is art therapy and how does it help individuals suffering from psychosis?

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So What is the Painting?

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•Painting is a common form of art

•Painted by Louis Wain, a psychotic

•“For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.” Jean Dubuffet

Art Piece

Kaleidoscope Cats 4: Paisley Pattern Cat

Louis Wain

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•“His cat's paintings started to change and to show startling images. Quite revealing of his psychotic condition were the cat's eyes. See how they become fixed with hostility, even in the earliest paintings, because the psychotic probably tends to think that the world is looking upon him in a menacing way. Another sign is the fragmentation of the cat's body. They become altered in a strange way under the psychotic's gaze, and almost always are represented as distorted and phantastic shapes.”

Stages of Psychosis

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Art Analysis

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•Louis Wain is just one example

•His paintings show progression

•His paintings show how he dealt with psychosis

Conclusion

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•Cardoso, Silvia Helena. "Cats Painted in the Progression of Psychosis of a Schizophrenic Artist." Neuroscience Art Gallery. State University of Campinas - Brazil, 2014. Web. 3 Apr 2014.

•Dubuffet, Jean. "Psychotic Quotes." BrainyQuote. BookRags Media Network, 2014. Web. 4 Apr 2014.

•"How Art Therapy Can Help Children ." Art Therapy Journal. PyschINFO, 2014. Web. 3 Apr 2014.

•"Phases of Psychosis." Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre. Orygen Youth Health, 2014.

Web. 3 Apr 2014.

•"Treatments for Psychosis." Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. N.p., 2014. Web. 3 Apr 2014.

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