Television in the hospital: programming patients' delusions.
Systematic collection of art products from 55 schizophrenic patients provided unexpected documentation of the impact of television on delusion-formation. Patients' drawings and descriptions demonstrate the ease with which they incorporate TV program material in their psychotic experience. It is suggested that clinicians consider television viewing a relevant variable in the design of treatment programs.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001154:Art; D003142:Communication; D003702:Delusions / Q000209:etiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D013690:Television; D014754:Violence