%0 Journal Article
%T Theatre and Mental Health: experiences of Day Hospital users
%A Edilaine C. Silva Gherardi-Donato
%A Clarissa Mendon£¿a Corradi-Webster
%A Gabriela Correa Bragagnollo
%A Carlos Renato Pinto Ferreira
%J Sa¨²de & Transforma£¿£¿o Social
%D 2011
%I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
%X The objective of this article is to describe the experience of a Theatre Group (TG) in a mental health service from the perspective of the participants. The study used a qualitative approach with semi-hospitalized psychiatric patients who participated in a weekly group based on improvisational theater games. This activity was valuable in enabling the development of healthy repertoires that are usually behind pathological descriptions and behavior. It also created a space for the empowerment and development of individual and relational resources, allowing users from a day hospital to be treated considering the plurality of human beings.
%K mental health
%K theater
%K theater game
%U http://www.incubadora.ufsc.br/index.php/saudeetransformacao/article/view/1111/1369