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Minerva Psichiatrica 2001 September;42(3):205-10

Copyright © 2001 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: Italian

Verbal and graphic groups in psychiatric chronic pathologies. Twenty-seven months of rehabilitation activity in a psychiatric community

Donà G. P., Beda D., Scola G., Pavan L.

This paper presents the work carried out at a Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Community following the closure of the Padua Psychiatric Hospital. Activities were carried out by a small group of psychologists (one employee of the Psychiatric Clinic of Padua and two learners). The activities of two groups run weekly for twenty-seven months (February 1997 - May 1999), a film and documentary discussion group and spontaneous graphic expression group are described. The purpose of these activities, the problems encountered and the results achieved are underlined.