Arts Therapies in Psychiatric Rehabilitation

This book explores possible approaches to and uses of art therapy in mental health settings. Reflecting the latest scientific evidence, it represents a major step toward the harmonization of practices in the field, filling the gap between the theory and practice of art therapy.

The book is divided into four major sections, corresponding to the main artistic domains: visual art therapy, music therapy, dance movement therapy, and drama therapy. Gathering the research and insights of leading professionals from around the globe, the book offers a diverse and balanced mix of perspectives.  Accordingly, it will appeal to a broad readership including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, psychiatric rehabilitation technicians, nurses, educators, art therapists, and students.

Each main part will consist of a review of currently available data on one of the four main art-therapy (Part 1,7,13,19) together with a brief historical view of the discipline and a conclusion about more recent trends and future directions in the field. Each chapter will deal with more specific approaches, to complement the main review and give voice to those approaches/authors who have received less space in the review.

Foreword

Preface (U. Volpe)

 Chapter 1 Prologue - Priebe S. (London): The role of social processes in psychiatry and in psychiatric rehabilitation

Part 1 - Viganò C. & Magnotti R (Milan): Visual Art therapy

Chapter 2 - Rubin J.A. (San Francisco)

Chapter 3 - Luzzato P. & Della Cagnoletta M. (Milan)

Chapter 4 – Stone E. (New York/Grenoble)

Chapter 5 - Hung H.H. (Taiwan)

Chapter 6 - Jang S.H. (Iksan)

Part 2 - Carr C. (London): Music therapy

Chapter 7 - Benezon R. (Buenos Aires)

Chapter 8- Solanki M.S. (New Delhi)

Chapter 9 - Hakvoort L. (Arnhem)

Chapter 10 - Facchini D. & Catuogno G. (Naples)

Chapter 11 - Odel-Miller H. & Pizziolo P. (Cambridge)

Part 3 - Wengrover H. (Barcelona): Dance Movement therapy

Chapter 12 - Bernstein R. (Pittsburgh)

Chapter 13 - Diamare S. & Mignosi E. (Naples)

Chapter 14 - Shafir T. (Haifa)

Chapter 15 - Puxeddu V. (Paris)

Chapter 16 - Rodriguez R.M. (Madrid)

Part 4 - Sanjani N. (New York): Drama Theatre therapy

Chapter 17 - Michael L. (Melbourne)

Chapter 18 - Ruddy R.A. (Leeds)

Chapter 19 - Gruber A. (Jerusalem)

Chapter 20 - Wood L. (Rockville)

Chapter 21 - Denti E. (Paris)

Chapter 22: Epilogue - Turkington D. (Newcastle): The role of non-specific factors in psychiatric rehabilitation

 

 

 

Umberto Volpe is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Psychiatric Unit and of the training School in Psychiatry at the Marche Polytechnic University (Ancona, Italy). After completing his medical degree and specialization in psychiatry, both at the University of Naples (Italy), he completed a PhD in Behavioral Sciences with honors at the same university, and at Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) and the University of Bern (Switzerland). He subsequently completed research fellowships at the Department of Psychiatry of UCAL (Los Angeles, USA) and at Institute of Psychiatry (London, UK). In 2008, he became a staff psychiatrist at the University of Naples and began focusing on psychiatric rehabilitation (including various forms of art therapy). He has published more than 200 scientific national and international scientific papers, has edited 3 international .books in the field of psychiatry and has served as an Associate Editor for several scientific journals