The flower workshop in psychosocial rehabilitation: A pilot study

We report a pilot study with the Flower Workshop, a new modality of psychosocial rehabilitation group activity. Cognitive performance in schizophrenia and other mental conditions can be impaired depending on the tasks to be executed and their respective social context. The vulnerability of these individuals can be reduced by means of cognitive and socio-affective facilitation. We conducted a pilot study to introduce the Flower Workshop in a public Mental Health Service in the city of Ribeirao Preto (Sao Paulo-Brasil) with 12 participants during 18 months (2002-2003). With cognitive and socio-affective facilitation, participants were able to construct vases and make flower arrangements successfully.

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attitude to health, Brazil, evaluation, flower, health care quality, health service, human, mental disease, mental health service, methodology, nursing evaluation research, nursing methodology research, organization and management, pilot study, psychiatric nursing, psychological aspect, psychology, public health service, qualitative research, schizophrenia, sheltered workshop, vocational rehabilitation, Attitude to Health, Community Mental Health Services, Flowers, Humans, Mental Disorders, Nursing Evaluation Research, Nursing Methodology Research, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation, Psychiatric Nursing, Public Health Practice, Qualitative Research, Rehabilitation, Vocational, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Sheltered Workshops, Urban Health Services