title: Influencing and moderating factors analyzed in the group art therapy of two schizophrenic inpatients.
abstract: Art therapy has been considered a guideline treatment for schizophrenia. Due to difficulty in the outcome measurement, the research is difficult and controversial. Here, we presented two schizophrenic patients receiving the regular art group therapy. We compared their characteristics and different outcome. Art therapy is difficult to quantify. However, we could qualify the improvement from the individual case. Further study might be focus on how to make appropriate qualification of art therapy and individualized difference instead of enrollment of huge data bank.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science, College of Medicine, China Medical University, No. 91, Hsueh-Shih Road,, 404, Taichung, Taiwan. alouette_rouge@yahoo.com.tw.
authors.forename: Chung-Chieh
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Changhua Christian Hospital, 500, Changhua, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yung-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Ku
keywords: Art therapy; MATISSE study; Schizophrenia