Supporting by a nurse teacher in a school infirmary using collage therapy.

Full Abstract

The objective of this study is to verify the effects of collage therapy when applied in the school infirmary, without time restriction, to children with problems such as school refusal. Collage therapy was used with two students who refused to attend school for a period of 1 year and 2 months to 1 year and 7 months. The results showed that both cases were successful in recovering self-insight and starting to pursue a course leading to the establishment of their identity. For students with various mental health problems, the school, as a community of school friends of the same generation, has been suggested to be one of the most important places for the recovery of energy. The performance in the school infirmary of collage therapy without any time restraints makes use of this environment, and appears to foster self-insight and self-understanding, and hence promote recovery from mental health problems.

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Author information

Author/s: Takata, Yuriko (Y);

Affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-shi, Japan. takata@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (Psychiatry Clin Neurosci), published in Australia. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 56 (issue 4) : pp 371-9

Dates: Created 2002/07/11; Completed 2002/09/10; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12109954, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Adolescent
Art Therapy
Female
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Mental Disorders - complications

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