Substance use and creativity: Application in the treatment of addictions

Scheffer, Nicolas; Lang, Jean-Philippe

ISBN 10: 6205939800 / ISBN 13: 9786205939802

Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing, 2023

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26397349482

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After having gathered and organized information on creativity, pleasure and addictions, we tried to understand the different possible interactions between artistic creativity on the one hand and substance use on the other hand. We have successively studied the possibility that substances develop creativity, that the profession of artist and artistic activities encourage the use of psychoactive substances and finally that both are part of the same process with common roots and functions. We then considered more specifically the possible therapeutic applications and in particular the interest of art-mediated therapies in patients suffering from addiction problems. Even if the studies presented lack scientific rigor, their results seem to go in the direction of a better knowledge, a better expression and a better self-esteem. It would seem relevant to develop new research and to encourage the concrete and valued development of this type of therapy in addiction care facilities.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Nicolas Scheffer is a general practitioner. Jean Philippe Lang is a Psychiatrist and Addictologist, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Strasbourg and President of the Regional Information Center on Drugs and Addictions of Alsace.

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Titel: Substance use and creativity: Application in...
Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New