Mental Health, Psychiatry and the Arts: A Teaching Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781846193736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 184 str.

Tischler

Opis

This comprehensive book explores how visual art, cinema, music, poetry, literature and drama can inform the teaching and practice of psychiatrists and mental health professionals. Edited and written by a team of expert practitioners, teachers and researchers, including both clinicians and users of mental health services, this comprehensive book will provide valuable insights for undergraduate and postgraduate educators with teaching reponsibilities in psychiatry and mental health. Students of the medical humanities, art, music and drama therapists, and educators in occupational therapy and psychology will also find this a valuable and insightful handbook.

Spis treści

Why use the arts to teach mental health and psychiatry? A brief history of psychiatry through the arts. A day in the life of a Cinemeducator. The quest to understand the afflicted mind: Hans Prinzhorn and the artistry of the mentally ill. Poetry and clinical humanities. When art and medicine collide: using literature to teach psychiatry. Creative writing as reflective practice in health professions education. An introduction to art psychotherapy. The aesthetics of mania: an introduction for health professionals. Learning about community arts. The use of drama and theatre arts in mental health education. Music and psychiatry. What can we learn from blues music?

O autorze

Victoria Tischler (Author)