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The Silver Drawing Test of Cognition and Emotion was standardized for Brazilian children (N=2,000). ANOVA results are presented for age and education groups from early grades on, including distinguishing adult education levels; results are compared for U.S. and Brazilian populations. Growth in test scores, emotional content responses, and psychopedagogical implications are discussed. (Author/EMK)

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The expressive therapies had an improvement in Brazil after the the film "Nise: The Heart of Madness", that tells briefly and cinematographically the usage of art therapy with schizophrenic patients in a psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s. This research work was done with the purpose of investigation on the way professionals see their work progress with expressive therapies in their patients at São Pedro Hospital, in the city of Porto Alegre. This is a qualitative descriptive and analytical research with the staff of Creativity Workshop from Hospital. A semi-structured interview was analyzed according to Bardin's content analysis. The result of the analysis consists in four categories: How is the work at Creativity Workshop; How do they perceive the use of expressive therapies with psychotic patients; How do they perceive the evolution of patients attended to. How do they deal with this experience of working with expressive therapies. The first category contains information related to the operation of the Creativity Workshop, the second, the work with expressive therapies in the professionals' view, bringing issues of freedom in work development. The third category presents the evolution of patients. The fourth and last category presents the experience of the professionals who work in this context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To identify the knowledge of Haliti- Pares' children about hantaviruses through artistic expressions. Method: This is a descriptive-interpretative and qualitative study conducted with nine children of the Haliti- Paresí ethnicity through art therapy. The analysis of the design was performed using the single analysis recording technique. Results: We analyzed 14 graphic records of nine children in three categories: physical and social environment, knowledge about the transmission of hantaviruses and knowledge about the disease/lethality. In the artistic expressions the presence of the reservoir of the disease was observed and the clinical severity with hospitalization images. Conclusion: The artistic productions of the children revealed the importance of educational and preventive measures that contribute to the improvement of the quality of life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article shares some of my doctoral experiences in a practice-based PhD research in arts developed at the Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London. It locates art practice within the academic research realm and contributes to researchers working on autobiographical studies and practice-based research methods. By offering an overview on my research topic focusing on the relationship between language and place in the life of Brazilian women living in London, I reflect on the relevance of “not-knowing” as a fruitful space for researching autobiographical and situated life narratives through art practice. The article concludes that qualitative methods are relevant for building passages from the individual to the collective sphere of an art practice developed within geographical displacement and in the context of academic research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Children are considered competent social actors. Although they are able to express their opinions, they may have some difficulties in answering direct verbal questions, requiring researchers and health professionals to enter their world by using auxiliary resources for communication. This study presents the experience of using finger puppets as a playful strategy for improving interaction and communication with hospitalized children with cancer, aged seven to 12. It describes the strategy of making and using puppets as an auxiliary tool to communicate with children with cancer and presents the results and limitations of using puppets in clinical practice. The use of the puppets, creatively and in accordance with the children's motor, cognitive, and emotional development, showed benefits, such as allowing the children to freely express themselves; respecting their autonomy; and minimizing the hierarchical adult-child relationship. The use of puppets is an appropriate strategy to communicate with hospitalized children. This tool can also enrich clinical practice, as it encourages children with cancer to report their experience of being ill and also helps the health team during evaluation and intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Infusion of Life: patient perceptions of expressive therapy during chemotherapy sessions Through a quanti-qualitative study, we observed the effects of group expressive therapy ( ET) sessions on patients' feelings and sense of well-being, as part of the Infusion of Life project. This project is part of a broader programme to improve integral care, developed by an interdisciplinary team headed by a medical doctor who is also an artist and expert in ET. We offered 48 group ET sessions to a total of 253 outpatients with cancer or autoimmune disorders receiving venous infusions in the chemotherapy room of University Hospital Antonio Pedro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The qualitative analysis showed that the programme was a pleasant way to spend time, revived their sense of humour, relieved symptoms, provided meaningful experiences, improved their relationships with staff, enabled expression of their feelings, stimulated them to be creative, improved coping resources and reorganisation of the psyche, and renewed their perspective on life. Family and spirituality were major sources of support. Expressive therapy was shown to be flexible and applicable in small spaces, using recycled materials, even with patients with restrained movements; it can also offer great benefits with relatively small investments if a qualified team is in charge of planning, executing, and auditing the work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to present the term, concept and technique of art of maternal womb painting., Method: a theoretical, exploratory and qualitative study., Results: from the results, the concept was elaborated and based on linguistic, philosophical and specialized perspective. The concept and technique of Art of Maternal Womb Painting were guided by humanism and holism., Final Considerations: this study can broaden the visibility of this visual art and insert it in the obstetrics, as well as its adoption by nurses, midwives and other health professionals in humanistic and holistic care for maternal health.

In 2008, this project began with a small group of volunteers in a poor rural community in northeastern Brazil using art therapy to increase the knowledge of pregnant women about gestation, birth, and care of their babies. After positive results were seen within that community, the methodology was published as a book to be replicated in other states of Brazil. In 2010/2011, after being selected as a "Young Champions of Maternal Health" winner by Ashoka and Maternal Task Force competition, the project was adapted for the local culture in Mali and replicated in villages in West Africa with workshops using songs, poems, stories, crafts, and cinema. It continues to be implemented throughout Brazil, and since 2012, at the Institute Santos Dumont, a health, teaching, and research center in a rural area in Northeast Brazil. It is also used as a teaching strategy for students of medicine, physiotherapy, psychology, resident doctors, and multiprofessionals. It contributes to the development of attitudes, health education skills, and interprofessional education experience. It also provides information and educates groups to empower women about their health and rights to make informed choices regarding pregnancy and childbirth., Competing Interests: None

The aim of the researchers was to identify the emotional expressions manifested by pregnant women during the experience of the Art of Maternal Womb Painting. It was an exploratory research developed in Brazil between October 2015 and January 2016. which collected data before and after, and utilized a qualitative approach. The data were collected from interview, intervention, filming, photography and field diary on 10 pregnant women. The analysis involved coding of facial expressions by Facial Action Coding System. The measurement of the facial behavior allowed the identification of the six universal emotions, their characteristics and the order of appearance with relation to background of each pregnant woman.

This article presents the results of a qualitative study examining a series of artistic and cultural activities that emerged over the last years in Brazil in the context of psychiatric reform. Using both semi-structured interviews with users and mental health professionals as the authors of these activities, as well as participant observation in cultural and artistic events within the period 2007-2010, this study analyzes the role of recognition within the artistic-cultural dimension in the production of subjectivities different from those produced by the traditional psychiatric field.

Problem: What is the experience from long-term psychiatric hospitalization? How can psychiatric nursing contribute to reduce the emotional suffering and the feeling of social exclusion related to this process?, Methods: This study was conducted on four women committed to long periods of psychiatric hospitalization in Brazil. Data were collected through open interviews and drawings made by the patients, and interpreted according to the theory of social representations., Findings: Reports on the patients refer to a process of social exclusion, emotional suffering, and inadequate treatment in the hospital, leading to no other option but recurrent hospitalization., Conclusion: Negative experiences related to long-term hospitalization could possibly be minimized through adequate assistance provided by psychiatric nursing in open services, as proposed in the recent Brazilian psychiatric reform.

Study about the employment of the artistic approach in the cares developed at the CAPS. Founded on conceptual bases of Psychiatric Reform, the object of study has been broached by means of an exploratory field research through interview with CAPS's professionals. The results found indicate that activities with artistic basis are used by them aiming at a positive interaction with service users, and in the perspective of their psychosocial rehabilitation. We concluded that the work at the CAPS itself brings up-to-date creative potentialities of both professionals and users, being art assumed as an strategy of care.