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The Effects of Group Art Therapy on Cognitive and Perceptual Ability of Chronic Schizophrenia Patients : Focusing on a Change by LMT(Landscape Montage Technique)

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2013, 20(), pp.187-218
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2013.20..187
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : April 15, 2013
  • Accepted : May 4, 2013

Yang Hee Won 1 Kim Mi Kyung 1

1한영신학대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine which effects the art therapy has on a change in their cognitive and perceptual ability as for schizophrenia patients. The aim was to see a change in cognitive function and perceptual ability through pre-post qualitative analysis and to verify effectiveness of art therapy by carrying out LMT(Landscape Montage Technique) targeting schizophrenia patients. The subjects in this study were 12 chronic schizophrenia patient who had been hospitalized in a mental hospital in the city of Y for three years or more. The group art therapy held once a week, 90 minutes session for 25 times. The findings are as follows. First, as a result of carrying out post-test of LMT in group art therapy, the cognitive art therapy program could be considered to have effect on cognitive and perceptual ability by having influence upon schizophrenia patients' language expression ability. Second, as a result of carrying out post-test of LMT in group art therapy, the cognitive art therapy program could be considered to have positive effect on cognitive and perceptual ability by having influence upon schizophrenia patients' reality testing. Third, as a result of carrying out post-test of LMT in group art therapy, it could be considered to have positive effect on social cognitive and perceptual ability by having influence upon schizophrenia patients' interpersonal relations and social-skill ability. There is significance in a sense that a Christian counselor or therapist can have sole opportunity available for guiding those people to God while understanding clients deeply and curing disease through medium of art therapy.

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