Fairy Tales and Psychiatry: a Psychiatry Residency’s Experience Using Fairy Tales and Related Literary Forms to Highlight Theoretical and Clinical Concepts in Childhood Development

Wallace, Ryan M.; Kaliambou, Maria; Qayyum, Zheala

doi:10.1007/s40596-018-0968-5

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“…Hope is interpreted as an essential component to living a peaceful and happy life, and the contentment at the end of a fairy tale can help stimulate the faith that all difficulties in life are possible to withstand and still to survive [32]. Although one may observe that fairy tales have a relatively simple literary structure, it comes in contradiction with their possibility to point out complex evolutive, social and individual dynamics, tending to be able to both accommodate and mirror our projections and perceptions [33]. Therefore, the characters were designed in a way that could help the participants think of fairy tales: the characters represented by the protagonists were the virtuous ones fighting in the name of good, and the teacher, the antagonist, portrayed the evil through all her actions, dialogue, and by her way of acting.…”

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confidence: 99%

Acting and Dancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic as Art Therapy for the Rehabilitation of Children with Behavioural Disorders Living in Socially Disadvantaged Environments

Tache-Codreanu,

Tache-Codreanu

2024

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Art therapy is employed in numerous ways in rehabilitation. This study focuses on an art and movement therapy project carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acting and dancing methods were adapted to produce a short musical film series for ten children from disadvantaged social backgrounds displaying nonorganic behavioural disorders. The aim was to acquire novel ways of expression on the part of the participants to release painful emotions in a safe setting using the method of catharsis through acting and dancing, triggering relaxation as a physiological response and improving their attitude. This study retrospectively analyses the changes in the children’s behaviour and their active participation in the project through quantitative and qualitative research. The children improved their attention and self-esteem, their behaviour became less aggressive and impulsive, and half showed increased empathy. The active participation rate during the project was 82%.

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confidence: 99%