Social-psychological predicates of suicidal behavior and efficiency of art-therapeutic intervention in patients with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia varies according to severity level and symptoms, is found irrespective of culture, class or race. In the article theoretical aspects of the problem of emotional expression in schizophrenia, features of suicide risk as one of causes of death in this given disease are considered and efficiency of art-therapeutic intervention is practically proved. In results of research authors present statistically reliable indices of favorable influence of art therapy on mental state of patients of schizophrenia spectrum, in particular on decrease in level of suicidal reactions, depression and anxiousness. Authors notice that art therapy is not a pharmacotherapy substitution, however, this therapeutic direction raises feeling of control both over own private world, and over occurring external events that is the major aspect in the etiopathogenetic link of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.