Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ502648
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Portrait of an Illness.
Ricci, Mary Lynne L.
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v10 n2 p96-99 1993
Author relates story of her own debilitation, survival, and ultimate rehabilitation from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Describes effects of disease process itself and of drug therapy that caused delusions and hallucinations. Traces how patient received art therapy through hospital occupational therapy department, describing her artwork and its symbolic content. (NB)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Chronic Illness, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Patients, Rehabilitation, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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