Centre of Diaconia and Professional Practice, VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway.
Institute of Clinical Medicine, Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Med Health Care Philos. 2021 Jun;24(2):173-187. doi: 10.1007/s11019-020-09998-5. Epub 2021 Jan 16.
There is a growing interest in the application of creative writing in the treatment of mental illness. Nonpharmacological approaches have shown that access to poetic, creative language can allow for the verbalisation of illness experiences, as well as for self-expressions that can include other facets of the subject outside of the disease. In particular, creative writing in a safe group context has proven to be of particular importance. In this article, we present a pilot on a creative writing group for young adults in treatment for psychosis. We set the texts and experiences from the writing group in dialogue with Paul Ricoeur's and Julia Kristeva's philosophies on poetic language as meaning making and part of subject formation. The focus is on language as materiality and potentiality and on the patient's inherent linguistic resources as founded in a group dynamic. As a whole, the project seeks to give an increased theoretical and empirical understanding of the potentiality of language and creativity for healing experiences, participation and meaning-making processes among vulnerable people. Furthermore, a practice founded in poetic language might critically address both the general and biomedical understanding of the subject and disease.
人们对将创意写作应用于治疗精神疾病越来越感兴趣。非药物治疗方法表明，接触富有诗意、创造性的语言可以使患者表达疾病体验，也可以进行自我表达，将疾病之外的主体的其他方面包含在内。特别是，在安全的小组环境中进行创意写作已被证明具有特别重要的意义。在本文中，我们介绍了一个针对年轻精神病患者的创意写作小组的试点项目。我们将写作小组的文本和经验与保罗·利科（Paul Ricoeur）和朱莉娅·克里斯蒂娃（Julia Kristeva）的哲学进行对话，探讨诗意语言作为意义的创造和主体形成的一部分。重点关注语言的物质性和可能性，以及患者在群体动态中固有的语言资源。总的来说，该项目旨在更深入地理解语言和创造力的潜力，以及它们在弱势群体的疗愈体验、参与和意义构建过程中的作用。此外，以诗意语言为基础的实践可能会批判性地探讨主体和疾病的一般和生物医学理解。
