Art therapy and antipsychiatry. Art therapy as a tool for change
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antipsychiatry, art therapy, mental illness, changeAbstract
Art generates spaces that make changes possible. Antipsychiatry, based on current needs and demands, proposes changes and improvements in the mental health system. This research explores how Art Therapy can enhance antipsychiatric processes to achieve an improvement in the quality of life of people with mental illness. To respond to this approach, we describe an art therapy experience carried out during 8 months in the AFAP mini-residence (Madrid, Spain) with people with mental illness. It includes what happened, the works carried out, the proposals put forward, interviews with different professionals of the center, an art therapist from the workshop and several people with mental illness who were part of the experience. It is concluded that the needs for change exist and become real when giving voice to people with mental illness. Art therapy is one of the resources that can improve the mental health system.
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