Playback theatre and recovery in mental health: Preliminary evidence

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 318-324

  Moran, Galia S ^a   Alon, Uri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community building; Improvisation; Mental illness; Playback theatre; Psychiatric rehabilitation; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CREATIVITY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PLAYBACK THEATRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 80054711869     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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