Artistic Workshops with Patients of a Psychiatric Day Hospital in France

Abstract

This article delineates a study conducted within a psychiatric day hospital in France, adhering to the principles of institutional psychotherapy and therapeutic clubs that originated from the anti-psychiatric movement of the 1970s. The study specifically explores two activities within this framework: a music club and a video club. The primary objective of each club was to establish activities involving both the patients and the care staff to dissolve the boundaries between them. Additionally, these activities aimed to engage both patients and care staff in the conceptualization and execution processes, thereby fostering a collaborative approach within the psychiatric care setting.

Keywords

• therapy
• institutional psychotherapy
• therapeutic clubs
• psychiatric day hospital
• anti-psychiatry
• performance
• music
• video
• enaction