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Religious and spiritual motifs in the art of the patients of Nikkilä Hospital
2021
This article focuses on religiousness and spirituality in the art works of psychiatric patients of Nikkilä Hospital, Finland. The pictures analysed here belong to a collection held at the Helsinki City Museum and they were made during the twentieth century. The theoretical frame of the study is a cultural study of mental health. The collection is approached as presenting a specific kind of imagery which has connections not only to the personal history and diagnoses of the patients; their cultural context and hospital environment is also taken into account. The religiousness and spirituality of the Nikkilä collection are also compared with outsider art and examples of art history internation…
Worsening of Preexisting Psychiatric Conditions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2020
Objectives: To ascertain factors associated with worsening of psychiatric conditions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods: This study anonymously examined 2,734 psychiatric patients worldwide for worsening of their preexisting psychiatric conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. An independent clinical investigation of 318 psychiatric patients from United States was used for verification. Results: Valid responses mainly from 12 featured countries indicated self-reported worsening of psychiatric conditions in two-thirds of the patients assessed that was through their significantly higher scores on scales for general psychological disturbance, posttraumatic stress …
Veden merkitys mielisairaaloiden muuttuvissa hoitokulttuureissa
2019
Kokemuksia mielisairaalasta : muistoihin kaivertuneet tilat
2022
Suomessa psykiatrinen hoito on ollut pitkään hyvin laitoskeskeistä, ja mielisairaalat ovat kuuluneet monin tavoin suomalaisten elämään. Kokemuksia mielisairaalasta valottaa historian, kulttuurisen mielenterveystutkimuksen ja taiteellisen tutkimuksen keinoin sitä, miten mielisairaalat muistetaan. Millaisia tunteita ja ruumiillisia muistoja liittyy sairaalassa vietettyyn aikaan? Millaisena 1930-luvun potilas koki mielisairaalan, ja miten potilaat kertovat sairaalassa kohtaamastaan pakosta ja väkivallasta? Millainen sairaalakokemus on jättänyt hyvät ja lämpimät muistot? Monitieteinen teos perustuu ainutlaatuiseen muistitietoaineistoon, joka avaa uusia näkökulmia mielisairaaloiden arkeen, histo…