The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of educative visual arts practices on social functionality of patients with schizophrenia. The study population of the research consisted of 30 schizophrenia patients who were registered in Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital Community Mental Health Center diagnosed with schizophrenia and still continuing their treatment. The study sample consisted 30 patients in total and all of them were experimental group. The experimental group read the informed consent form and accepted the information statement voluntarily. The criteria for inclusion in the study were to be between the ages of 18-68 to participate in the research voluntarily to answer the tests and to take part in educative visual arts practices. Social functionality scale was applied to the experimental groups as a pre-test and post-test. Visual arts applications were made to the experimental group. According to the findings, it was concluded that the visual arts educative practices applied to the experimental group had a positive effect on the development of social functionality of patients with schizophrenia.
KeywordsVisual Arts PracticesSchizophreniaSocial Functionality
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