Project descriptionFor this project we were each given a mental disorder and we wrote case reports about them. My mental health was Schizophrenia. We also wrote a creative story based on this mental health. My book is called "Set free, Breathing Easy." The story is about a 17 year old girl named April who develops Schizophrenia. For our portion of the project we did in art class we created a cover for our story and researched and made art therapy lessons designed for people with our disorder.
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In this project I learned all about schizophrenia and the symptoms of people that are diagnosed with it. I also got to learn about how they treated people with mental illness through the years and how it has evolved with medication for it. I learned about how art therapy can help people with mental illnesses.
ExhibitionExhibition went very well. I went to both exhibitions, the one that was held at school and the one at E3 Civic High School. During the exhibition we talked about our illness, our case report, our creative story and then showed them our art therapy. My partner and I wanted to make an activity that is both fun and helpful. For our art therapy we had people create two art pieces. One piece they had to watercolor something that made them happy and for the other piece they watercolored something that scares them. After they were finished they would throw away the thing that makes them scared and focus on what makes them happy.
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