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  • S. Karger AG  (2)
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    In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, S. Karger AG, Vol. 67, No. 1 ( 1998), p. 50-56
    Abstract: 〈 b 〉 Background: 〈 /b 〉 Inability to express emotions is common in patients with long-lasting somatic symptoms associated with incapacitation and impaired quality of life. One method for treating this inability is art psychotherapy. In this study the typical course in such treatments is described. Patients were followed longitudinally before therapy and every 4th to 6th month during the treatment. 〈 b 〉 Methods: 〈 /b 〉 Patients with long-lasting psychosomatic conditions resulting in partial or total loss of working capacity for at least 1 year have been treated in the programme. All of them had chronic pain. The majority of the patients that were referred to us were offered treatment. Three-fourths of those who started treatment stayed in treatment as long as the therapist considered it optimal. Twenty-four patients (22 women and 2 men) in the present study had their treatment started on average 2 years (range 13–42 months) before the end of the treatment period. In addition these 24 patients were contacted 6–48 months after the end of the therapy (average 23 months) and a short post-evaluation was made by telephone. 〈 b 〉 Results: 〈 /b 〉 The first year of treatment was characterized by emotional turmoil paralleled by increased energy level reflected in temporary elevation of serum uric acid. Significant improvement was observed with regard to anxiety-depression after one year of treatment. A tendency towards decreased levels of psychosomatic symptoms in general was observed after two years of treatment. One-fourth of the 20 non-working or parttime working patients increased their working activity. 〈 b 〉 Conclusions: 〈 /b 〉 A slow partial recovery was observed. Art psychotherapy may have contributed to this.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0033-3190 , 1423-0348
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    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 1998
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    S. Karger AG ; 2011
    In:  Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Vol. 80, No. 2 ( 2011), p. 78-87
    In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, S. Karger AG, Vol. 80, No. 2 ( 2011), p. 78-87
    Abstract: 〈 i 〉 Background: 〈 /i 〉 There are very few evaluations of the effectiveness of leadership development programs. The purpose of the study was to examine whether an art-based leadership program may have a more beneficial effect than a conventional one on leaders’ and their corresponding subordinates’ mental and biological stress. 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 Participating leaders were randomized to 2 year-long leadership programs, 1 art-based and 1 conventional, with follow-up of the leaders and their subordinates at 12 and 18 months. The art-based program built on an experimental theatre form, a collage of literary text and music, followed by writing and discussions focused on existential and ethical problems. 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 After 18 months a pattern was clearly visible with advantage for the art-based group. In the art group (leaders and their subordinates together as well as for subordinates only) compared to the conventional group, there was a significant improvement of mental health, covert coping and performance-based self-esteem as well as significantly less winter/fall deterioration in the serum concentration of the regenerative/anabolic hormone dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate. 〈 i 〉 Conclusions: 〈 /i 〉 Our findings indicate a more beneficial long-term health effect of the art-based intervention compared to a conventional approach. Positive results for both standardized questionnaires and biological parameters strengthened the findings. The study provides a rationale for further evaluation of the effectiveness of this alternative educational approach.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0033-3190 , 1423-0348
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Language: English
    Publisher: S. Karger AG
    Publication Date: 2011
    detail.hit.zdb_id: 1472321-9
    SSG: 5,2
    SSG: 15,3
    Location Call Number Limitation Availability
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