Art Therapy in chronic pain
Section: Serie
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Bermúdez Castro MA, del Río Diéguez M, Palao Tarrero A. Arteterapia en dolor crónico. Metas Enferm may 2019; 22(4):28-32.
Authors
Marge Andrea Bermúdez Castro1, María del Río Diéguez2, Ángela Palao Tarrero3
Position
1Doctoranda en Educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Máster en Arteterapia. Psicóloga2Doctora por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Máster en Arteterapia por la UCM. Docente Departamento de Educación Artística, Plástica y Visual. Facultad de Formación de Profesorado. Grupo de Investigación GICE (Cambio Educativo para la Justicia Social) UAM3Psiquiatra de enlace con Dolor crónico y Psicooncología. H. U. La Paz (Madrid). Docente Departamento de Psiquiatría de la Facultad de Medicina. UAM
Contact address
Marge Andrea Bermúdez Castro. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. C/ Einstein, 3. 28049 Madrid.
Contact email: margeab@hotmail.com
Abstract
Pain is a phenomenon difficult to understand, which comprises sensory/discriminatory, affective/emotional and cognitive/evaluative dimensions. Art Therapy allows to work with physical and cognitive-emotional aspects of pain; in this sense, it is useful for developing and exploring resources for pain management, because involving the body allows to train the divided attention, widening the perceptive area beyond pain. Given the complexity of chronic pain, interventions must be interdisciplinary and with multiple components.
This article presents an Art Therapy approach for chronic pain, going through mechanisms of action, and showing an Art Therapy experience with women in chronic pain after undergoing a mindfulness-based intervention.
Keywords:
Art therapy; chronic pain; women
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