title: "Dance and go on": a project of psychosocial rehabilitation on the road.
abstract: The project "Dance and go on" was created with the intention of bringing out of the Day Centre of the Department of Mental Health of Torre del Greco, the dance group "Dance That you go" active since 2009. Dancing Bachata becomes a rehabilitation tool to express emotions through the body and to open to the outside, on the territory (local society), overcoming the fear of being judged by others, the prejudice and the social stigma about mental illness. The rehabilitation activities of the dancing group allowed patients to improve their care of self, self-esteem, confidence in their capacities and an increase in their social relations. The strength and cohesion of the rehabilitation group has given to the patients the opportunity to believe in their own abilities, to accept themselves with their difficulties and to improve the relationship with their body in relation with each other.
authors.affiliation: Social cooperative "Il Faro" of Ercolano, Viale Leone 4/F, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy, romina.tavormina@libero.it.
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tavormina
authors.forename: Maurilio Giuseppe Maria
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tavormina
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nemoianni
mesh_terms: D003614:Dance Therapy; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000067250:Psychiatric Rehabilitation; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D057545:Social Stigma