Use of art-therapy for correction of nonpsychotic affective disorders

Data o f the research o f estimation of psychotherapeutic effectiveness o f art-therapy at patients with depressions of nonpsychotic group, coupled with somatic pathology o f different degrees of severity and psychopathological structure (29 patients in the whole). The conclusion is justified that arttherapy is an effective method o f correction ofpsychosomatic disorders, caused by inadequate affective reactions, including those with evident borderline component o f anxiety. The method is less effective at hard vital manifestations of depression. The statement o f appropriateness o f the art-therapy use during long-lasting treatment of sornatized depressions at patients with disharmonious type o f reaction to a disease at psychiatric clinics is justified.