Original scientific paper
Creative and art/expressive therapy as complementary approach at the Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Department: Excerpts from case studies
Damir Miholić
; Department of the Study of Motoric Disturbances, Chronic Disease and Art-Therapies, Department for Statistics, Information Technology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia and Croatian Psychosocial Oncology Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Miroslav Prstačić
; Department of the Study of Motoric Disturbances, Chronic Disease and Art-Therapies, Department for Statistics, Information Technology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia and Croatian Psychosocial Oncology Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Jasminka Stepan
; Hematology/Oncology Department, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Branko Nikolić
; Department of the Study of Motoric Disturbances, Chronic Disease and Art-Therapies, Department for Statistics, Information Technology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Alijeta Vojnović
; Department of the Study of Motoric Disturbances, Chronic Disease and Art-Therapies, Department for Statistics, Information Technology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia and Croatian Psychosocial Oncology Association, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In terms of modern approaches to psychosocial oncology and sophrology, the paper shows some experiences with creative and art/expressive therapies used as complementary approaches to complex treatment and rehabilitation of a 12-year-old girl with the clinical picture of a pilocytic astrocytoma with neurofibromatosis, and a 14-year-old boy with an osteosarcoma of the right maxilla. The study was conducted at the Hematology/Oncology Department, Children’s Hospital, Zagreb. The assessment was performed using the six-variable model of BASIC Ph, self-report measures of stress reaction including the Aqua test, and visual art expression (drawings and mandala colorigrams) to analyze the child’s latent (introspective) psychoemotional experiences during therapy. Original data for controlled variables were processed using the INDIFF analysis of changes. The study results demonstrate the value of including complementary supportive therapies to develop coping mechanisms and improve the quality of life of the child.
The excerpts from case studies were prepared as part of a scientific research project on “Complementary Supportive Therapies and Development of Life Potentials”, supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia.
Keywords
malignant disease; coping mechanisms; art/expressive psychotherapies; rehabilitation; psychosocial oncology
Hrčak ID:
276102
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Publication date:
30.11.2011.
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