Abstract
The article actualizes the issue of the effectiveness of the influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on the correction of mental disorders. An analysis of an empirical study of the features of the influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on the correction of mental disorders in neurotic conditions is conducted. The purpose of the study: a psychological analysis of the concepts of “psychogeny”, “neurosis” and “neurosis-like conditions”; An empirical study of the effect of Symbol Drama on mental states of patients with neurotic disorders. The following methods were used: conversation, testing (“Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ММРI ”, “SAN” method, “Self-assessment of mental states” test by G. Aysenck, O. Kondash’s scale of social-situational anxiety, PEN Questionnaire (Hans and Sibylla Aysenck) of the Katathym-Imaginative Psychotherapy methods, which forms the experiment. The sample included 86 people - patients of the neurological department of the Vinnitsa Regional Psycho-Neurological Hospital named after academician Nikolai Yushchenko. Based on the correction program with the help of the Katathym-Imaginative Therapy it is proved that the Katathym-Imaginative Therapy method is a quite effective means of psycho-correction of mental conditions of patients with neurotic disorders, and is more effective with labile mental states, where the emotional component is crucial, and is less effective in the less emotional stable psychological state.
Highlights
The article actualizes the issue of the effectiveness of the influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on the correction of mental disorders
According to the SAN method, we found in patients with neurosis a decrease in health, activity and mood indicators, which in the healthy group were in the region of average values
We found high levels of anxiety and rigidity in patients with neurosis, noted a higher average level of anxiety in the healthy group, further research indicates that patients with neurosis have high levels of professional anxiety with a low level of self-esteem, and in healthy people the anxiety profile is different - anxiety prevails in interpersonal relationships, with an average level of self-esteem
Summary
The article actualizes the issue of the effectiveness of the influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on the correction of mental disorders. An analysis of an empirical study of the features of the influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on the correction of mental disorders in neurotic conditions is conducted. According to official data from the World Health Organization (WHO), over the past 65 years, the total number of patients with neurosis has grown 24 times. This is due to the abundance of information (additional stress factor), the rapid pace of life, economic difficulties in a number of countries and many other social and biological reasons. Methods of treating neurosis and neurosis-like diseases of the nervous system are of particular difficulty; there are no unified approaches to their diagnosis and treatment algorithm
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