Return from the vanishing point: A clinician's perspective on art and mental illness, and particularly schizophrenia

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 126-132

  Rosen, Alan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abuses; Art; Art brut; Cultural role; Mental illness; Outsider art; Psychiatry; Psychosis; Recovery; Schizophrenia; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

ART; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 34347230056     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00004747     Document Type: Review

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