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PREPAREDBY:
MS. MARUTHU. G,
M.Sc., (N),
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
MUSIC THERAPY IS THE FUNCTIONAL
APPLICATION OF MUSIC TOWARDS
THE ATTAINMENT OF SPECIFIC
THERAPEUTIC GOALS.
MUSIC IS A COMPINATION OF
RHYTHMICAL HARMONIC AND
MELODIC SOUNDS AND MANY PEOPLE,
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, HAVE
BELIEVED IN ITS MEDICINAL EFFECTS.
MUSIC THERAPY IS THE
FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION OF
SEVERAL TYPES OF MUSIC
TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC GOALS
AND SIGNIFICANT BENEFIC IN
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE.
 “MUSIC THERAPY IS THE
BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE CONCERNED
WITH THE SYSTEMIC APPLICATION
OF MUSIC TO PRODUCE
RELAXATION AND DESIRED
CHANGES IN EMOTIONS, BEHAVIOR
AND PHYSIOLOGY”
 ENHANCES THE RELAXATION OF THE MIND
 ENCOURAGES CLIENTS IN SELF
EXPRESSION THROUGH MUSIC
 PROVIDES ON OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH THE CLIENT IN SITUATIONS, WHERE
VERBAL EXPRESSION OR THE RATIONAL,
COGNITIVE PROCESSES ARE NOT
REQUIRED.
 PERMITS THE CLIENT AND NURSE TO
INTERACT AT EMOTIONAL AND INTUITIVE
LEVELS
 TO ACHIEVE A SPECIFIC CHANGE IN
BEHAVIOR OR FEELING.
 DIVERTS THE MIND IN STRESSFUL
SITUATION.
 REDUCES THE PSYCHO – PHYSIOLOGICAL
STRESS, PAIN OR ISOLATION
 DEVELOPS A SENSE OF AWARENESS
 IMPROVES LEARNING
 PROMOTES COPING WITH A VARIETY OF
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL
DYSFUNCTIONS.
 USED AS A CATALYST TO FACILITATE
MENTAL SUGGESTION
 ENHANCES CLIENT SELF HEALING
 PRODUCES ALTERATION IN PHYSIOLOGY
 REDUCES ANXIETY, TENSION AND FEAR
 INDUCES SLEEP
 IT IS AN EFFECTIVE, NON INVASIVE, SELF
ADMINISTERED, NON PHARMACOLOGICAL
INTERVENTION FOR SLEEP
DISTURBANCES AMONG ELDERLY
 FACILITATE FREE EXPRESSION OF
FEELINGS
 ENHANCES COGNITIVE SKILLS,
EX.LEARNING
 MAINTAIN BODY CIRCULATION AND
MOVEMENT
 IMPROVES MUSLE TONE
 STIMULATES SOCIAL INTERACTION
 FACILITATES AND INFLUENCES THE
FLUENCY OF SPEECH
 APHASIA
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
 ELDERLY CLIENTS
 CONFUSION
 AGITATION
 AFFECTIVE, COGNITIVE AND SENSORY
DISORDERS
 TERMINALLY ILL CLIENTS
 CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
* DECREASE HEART RATE
* DECREASE IN SYSTOLIC AND
DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE
* DIMINISHED OXYGEN DEMAND IN
THE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
* REDUCTION IN RESPIRATORY RATE
* INCREASED OXYGEN SATURATION
 GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
* REDUCE NAUSEA AND VOMITTING
 PAIN
* ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN
REDUCTION IN POST-OPERATIVE
POPULATION, GYNECOLOGIC
PROCEDURE, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
AND CANCER PATIENT.
 CORTISOL LEVELS:
* REDUCES THE CORTISOL LEVEL
 STRESS AND ANXIETY:
* REDUCES ANXIETY AND STRESS
LEVEL
 PERI OPERATIVE ROOM
 LABOUR ROOM
 COUNSELING ROOM
 PHYSICAL THERAPY UNITS
 ADDICTON TREATMENT HALLS
 REHABILITATION CENTRE
 MASSAGE THERAPY SESSION ROOM
 SLEEP INDUCTION UNITS
 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL UNITS
 NEONATAL & PAEDIATRIC UNITS
 DMT IS THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC
USE OF MOVEMENT AND DANCE FOR
EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, SOCIAL,
BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL CONTIONS.
 THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF DMT
IS TO FIND A HEALTHY BALANCE AND
SENSE OF WHOLENESS.
 “THE FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION
OF VARIED FORMS OF DANCE BY THE
USAGE OF GROUP OF MUSLES TO
BRING CERTAIN EFFECT TO MODIFY
THE CLIENTS BEHAVIOR OR ALTERING
CLIENTS EMOTION”
 PROMOTES PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC USAGE
OF BODY MOVEMENT
 CLIENT WILL LEARN TO EXPRESS HIS
IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
THROUGH THEIR MOTOR ACTIVITY BY
KEEPING VARIED DANCING POSITIONS
 ENHANCES INTERACTION AND
COMMUNICATION PATTERN
 IMPROVES MUSCULAR COORDINATION;
SEIF CONFIDENCE AND CONTENTMENT
 FOSTERS INTEGRATION OF PHYSICAL
EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCES
 RELIEVES TENSION, STRESS, ANXIETY
AND WORRIES
 PROVIDES SELF SATISFACTION
 EXHIBITS TALENTS, CAPABILITIES OF AN
INDIVIDUAL
 PROMOTES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
COGNITION AND CONATIVE BEHAVIORS
OF AN INDIVIDUAL
 PROMOTES PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
INTEGRITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL
 AUTISM
 LEARNING DISABILITIES
 MENTAL RETARDATION
 DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED
 BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
 PHYSICALLY HANDIHAPPED
 ELDERLY
 EATING DISORDERS
 PTSD
 PARKINSON’S DISEASE
 REHABLITATION CENTERS
 MEDICAL SETTINGS
 EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS
 FORENSIC SETTINGS
 NURSING HOMES
 DAY CARE FACILITIES
 DISEASE PREVENTION CENTERS
 HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS
AMERICAN DANCE THERAPY
ASSOCIATION
* FOUND IN 1966.
* IT PUBLISHES THE
“AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE
THERAPY”
* CREATED IN ORDER TO
UPHOLD HIGH STANDARDS IN THE
FIELD OF DMT.
 ASSOCIATION FOR DANCE MOVEMENT
THERAPY, UNITED KINGTOM
(ADMTUK):
* IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST
ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED TO
REGULATE THE FIELD OF DANCE
THERAPY.
* ADMTUK ACCREDITS
THERAPISTS AND OVERSEES THAT
ALL REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED
 A MASTER DEGREE IS REQUIRED
TO BECOME A DANCE / MOVEMENT
THERAPIST
 “REGISTERED DANCE / MOVEMENT
THERAPIST” (R-DMT) IS THE TITLE
GIVEN AT ENTRY - LEVEL
 RECREATION IS A FORM OF ACTIVITY
THERAPY USED IN MOST PSYCHIATRIC
SETTINGS.
 IT IS A PLANNED THERAPEUTIC
ACTIVITY THAT ENABLES PEOPLE WITH
LMITATIONS TO ENGAGE IN
RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES.
 “IT IS A FORM OF ACTIVITY THERAPY,
WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL ENJOYS
PLEASURABLY, THE LEISURE TIME
THROUGH RECREATING AND RENEWING
THE BODY AND MIND BY RELIEVING
EMOTIONAL TENSIONS OR INTERNAL
CONFLICTS AND THERE BY RELEASES
MONOTONOUS LIFE OF MENTALLY SICK OR
ILL PERSONS”
- K.P.NEERAJA
 CLIENTS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY IN
RELATING TO OTHERS
 IMMOBILIZED PERSONS IN PSYCHIATRIC
UNITS
 SCHIZOPHRENIA
 EXCITEMENT
 DEPRESSION
 ANXIETY DISORDERS
 ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME
 OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS
 SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTERACTION
 TO DECREASE WITHDRAWAL TENDENCIES
 TO PROVIDE OUTLET FOR FEELINGS
 TO PROMOTE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
BEHAVIOR
 TO DEVELOP SKILLS, TALENTS AND
ABILITIES
 TO INCREASE PHYSICAL CONFIDENCE
AND A FEELING OF SELP WORTH
 PROVIDE A NON-THREATENING AND
NON-DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT
 PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELAXING
AND WITHOUT RIGID GUIDELINES AND
TIME-FRAMES
 PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE
ENJOYABLE AND SELF SATISFYING
Motor form
Sensory form
Intellectual form
 INDOOR ACTIVITIES
 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
 ACTIVITIES FOR INTELLECTUAL
EXPRESSION
 ACTIVITIES FOR PSYCHOSEXUAL
EXPRESSION
 ACTIVITIES FOR EXPRESSION OF LOVE
AND TENDERNESS
 ACTIVITIES FOR EXPRESSION OF
MUSCULAR STRENGTH
 ACTIVITIES INCREASING SENSORY POWER
 RELAXATION PRODUCES
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OPPOSITE
THOSE OF ANXIETY; SLOWED HEART
RATE, INCREASED PERIPHERAL BLOOD
FLOW AND NEUROMUSCULAR STABILITY.
 THERE ARE MANY METHODS WHICH
CAN BE USED TO INDUCE RELAXATION IN
THE INDIVIDUALS.
YOGA
MEDITATION
BIOFEEDBACK
MUSCULAR
RELAXATION
MENTAL
IMAGERY
 YOGA IS “SYSTEM OF EXERCISE
TO ATTAIN MENTAL CONTROL AND
WELL BEING, TO A PATH OF
LIBERATION”
-WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY
 IT IS BASED ON THE ANCIENT
INDIAN PHILOSOPHY PRINCIPLE OF
MIND-BODY UNITY.
 YOGA USES COMBINATION OF
PHYSICAL POSTURES (ASANAS),
BREATHING TECHNIQUES
(PRANAYAMAS) AND MEDITATION TO
PROMOTE RELAXATION AND
ENHANCE THE FLOW OF VITAL
ENERGY CALLED PRANA.
SELF CONTROL (YAMA)
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE (NIYAMA)
ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN
POSITIONS (AASANA)
REGULATION OF THE BREATH
(PRANAYAMA)
RESTRAINT OF THE SENSES
(PRATYAHARA)
STEADYING OF THE MIND
(DHARANA)
MEDITATION (DHYANA)
PROFOUND CONTEMPLATION
(SAMADHI)
MEDITATION
 “MEDITATION IS A KIND OF
SELF-DISCIPLINE THAT HELPS ONE
ACHIEVE INNER PEACE AND
HARMONY BY FOCUSING
UNCRITICALLY ON ONE THING AT A
TIME”
 DEEP BREATHING ISA SIMPLE
TECHNIQUE THAT IS BASIC TO MOST
OTHER RELAXATION SKILLS.
 TENSION IS RELEASED WHEN
THE LUNGS ARE ALLOWED TO
BREATHE IN AS MUCH OXYGEN AS
POSSIBLE.
BREATHING EXERCISES HAVE BEEN
FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN
REDUCING
* ANXIETY
* DEPRESSION
* IRRITABILITY
* MUSCULAR TENSION
* FATIGUE
1) Sit, stand, or lie in a comfortable
position, ensuring that the spine is
straight.
2) Place one hand on your abdomen
and another on your chest.
3) Inhale slowly and deeply through
your nose. The abdomen should be
expanding and pushing up on your
hand. The chest should be moving only
slightly.
4) When you have breathed in as
much as possible, hold your breathe for
a few seconds before exhaling.
5) Begin exhaling slowly through the
mouth, pursing your lips as if you were
going to whistle. Pursing the lips helps
to control how fast you exhale and
keeps airways open as long as possible.
6) Feel the abdomen deflate as the
lungs are emptied air.
7) Begin the inhale exhale cycle
again. focus on the sound and feeling of
your breathing as you become more and
more relaxed.
8) Continue the deep breathing
exercises for 5 to 10 minutes at a time.
once mastered, the technique may be
used as often as required to relieve
tension.
 Progressive relaxation, a method of
deep muscle relaxation, was developed
in 1929 by Chicago physician Edmond
Jacobson.
 This technique is based on the
premise that the body responds to
anxiety – provoking thoughts and events
with muscle tension.
 Excellent results have been observed with
this method in the treatment of
* muscular tension
* anxiety
* insomnia
* depression
* fatigue
* irritable bowel
* muscle spasms
* neck and back pain,
* high blood pressure
* mild phobias & stuttering.
 MENTAL IMAGERY USES THE IMAGINATION IN
AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE BODY’S
RESPONSE TO STRESS. THE FRAME OF
REFERENCE IS VERY PERSONAL, BASED ON
WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERS TO BE A
RELAXING ENVIRONMENT.
 SIT OR LIE DOWN IN A COMFORTABLE
POSITION
 CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE THAT YOU
AND SOMEONE YOU LOVE ARE WALKING
ALONG THE SEASHORE. NO OTHER PEOPLE
ARE IN SIGHT IN ANY DIRECTION.
 THE SUN IS SHINING, THE SKY IS BLUE, AND A
GENTLE BREEZE IS BLOWING. YOU SELECT A
SPOT TO STOP AND REST.
 YOU LIE ON THE SAND AND CLOSE YOUR
EYES. YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF THE WAVES
AS THEY SPLASH AGAINST THE SHORE.
 THE SUN FEELS WARM ON YOUR FACE AND
BODY. THE SAND FEELS SOFT COOL AGAINST
YOUR BACK.
 AN OCCATIONAL WAVE SPLASHES YOU WITH A
COOL MIST THAT DRIES RAPIDLY IN THE WARM
OF SUN.
 REGULAR EXERCISE IS VIEWED BY MANY AS
ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR
RELEIVING STRESS. PHYSICAL EXERTION
PROVIDES A NATURAL OUTLET FOR THE
TENSION PRODUCED BY THE BODY IN ITS
STATE OF AROUSAL FOR “FIGHT TO FLIGHT”.
 BRISK WALKING
 JOGGING
 RUNNING
 CYCLING
 SWIMMING AND DANCING.
THANK
YOU
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Music, dance, recreation, relaxational therapies in psychiatric nursing

  • 2. PREPAREDBY: MS. MARUTHU. G, M.Sc., (N), DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
  • 3.
  • 4. MUSIC THERAPY IS THE FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION OF MUSIC TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC GOALS. MUSIC IS A COMPINATION OF RHYTHMICAL HARMONIC AND MELODIC SOUNDS AND MANY PEOPLE, THROUGHOUT HISTORY, HAVE BELIEVED IN ITS MEDICINAL EFFECTS.
  • 5. MUSIC THERAPY IS THE FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION OF SEVERAL TYPES OF MUSIC TOWARDS THE ATTAINMENT OF SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC GOALS AND SIGNIFICANT BENEFIC IN MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICE.
  • 6.  “MUSIC THERAPY IS THE BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE CONCERNED WITH THE SYSTEMIC APPLICATION OF MUSIC TO PRODUCE RELAXATION AND DESIRED CHANGES IN EMOTIONS, BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY”
  • 7.  ENHANCES THE RELAXATION OF THE MIND  ENCOURAGES CLIENTS IN SELF EXPRESSION THROUGH MUSIC  PROVIDES ON OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CLIENT IN SITUATIONS, WHERE VERBAL EXPRESSION OR THE RATIONAL, COGNITIVE PROCESSES ARE NOT REQUIRED.  PERMITS THE CLIENT AND NURSE TO INTERACT AT EMOTIONAL AND INTUITIVE LEVELS
  • 8.  TO ACHIEVE A SPECIFIC CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR OR FEELING.  DIVERTS THE MIND IN STRESSFUL SITUATION.  REDUCES THE PSYCHO – PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS, PAIN OR ISOLATION  DEVELOPS A SENSE OF AWARENESS  IMPROVES LEARNING  PROMOTES COPING WITH A VARIETY OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTIONS.
  • 9.  USED AS A CATALYST TO FACILITATE MENTAL SUGGESTION  ENHANCES CLIENT SELF HEALING  PRODUCES ALTERATION IN PHYSIOLOGY  REDUCES ANXIETY, TENSION AND FEAR  INDUCES SLEEP  IT IS AN EFFECTIVE, NON INVASIVE, SELF ADMINISTERED, NON PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION FOR SLEEP DISTURBANCES AMONG ELDERLY
  • 10.  FACILITATE FREE EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS  ENHANCES COGNITIVE SKILLS, EX.LEARNING  MAINTAIN BODY CIRCULATION AND MOVEMENT  IMPROVES MUSLE TONE  STIMULATES SOCIAL INTERACTION  FACILITATES AND INFLUENCES THE FLUENCY OF SPEECH
  • 11.
  • 12.  APHASIA  DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS  ELDERLY CLIENTS  CONFUSION  AGITATION  AFFECTIVE, COGNITIVE AND SENSORY DISORDERS  TERMINALLY ILL CLIENTS
  • 13.
  • 14.  CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM * DECREASE HEART RATE * DECREASE IN SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE * DIMINISHED OXYGEN DEMAND IN THE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION  RESPIRATORY SYSTEM * REDUCTION IN RESPIRATORY RATE * INCREASED OXYGEN SATURATION
  • 15.  GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM * REDUCE NAUSEA AND VOMITTING  PAIN * ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN REDUCTION IN POST-OPERATIVE POPULATION, GYNECOLOGIC PROCEDURE, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND CANCER PATIENT.
  • 16.  CORTISOL LEVELS: * REDUCES THE CORTISOL LEVEL  STRESS AND ANXIETY: * REDUCES ANXIETY AND STRESS LEVEL
  • 17.
  • 18.  PERI OPERATIVE ROOM  LABOUR ROOM  COUNSELING ROOM  PHYSICAL THERAPY UNITS  ADDICTON TREATMENT HALLS  REHABILITATION CENTRE  MASSAGE THERAPY SESSION ROOM  SLEEP INDUCTION UNITS  MEDICAL AND SURGICAL UNITS  NEONATAL & PAEDIATRIC UNITS
  • 19.
  • 20.  DMT IS THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC USE OF MOVEMENT AND DANCE FOR EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSICAL CONTIONS.  THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF DMT IS TO FIND A HEALTHY BALANCE AND SENSE OF WHOLENESS.
  • 21.  “THE FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION OF VARIED FORMS OF DANCE BY THE USAGE OF GROUP OF MUSLES TO BRING CERTAIN EFFECT TO MODIFY THE CLIENTS BEHAVIOR OR ALTERING CLIENTS EMOTION”
  • 22.  PROMOTES PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC USAGE OF BODY MOVEMENT  CLIENT WILL LEARN TO EXPRESS HIS IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS THROUGH THEIR MOTOR ACTIVITY BY KEEPING VARIED DANCING POSITIONS  ENHANCES INTERACTION AND COMMUNICATION PATTERN  IMPROVES MUSCULAR COORDINATION; SEIF CONFIDENCE AND CONTENTMENT
  • 23.  FOSTERS INTEGRATION OF PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCES  RELIEVES TENSION, STRESS, ANXIETY AND WORRIES  PROVIDES SELF SATISFACTION  EXHIBITS TALENTS, CAPABILITIES OF AN INDIVIDUAL  PROMOTES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITION AND CONATIVE BEHAVIORS OF AN INDIVIDUAL  PROMOTES PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL INTEGRITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL
  • 24.  AUTISM  LEARNING DISABILITIES  MENTAL RETARDATION  DEAF AND HEARING IMPAIRED  BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED  PHYSICALLY HANDIHAPPED  ELDERLY  EATING DISORDERS  PTSD  PARKINSON’S DISEASE
  • 25.  REHABLITATION CENTERS  MEDICAL SETTINGS  EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS  FORENSIC SETTINGS  NURSING HOMES  DAY CARE FACILITIES  DISEASE PREVENTION CENTERS  HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS
  • 26. AMERICAN DANCE THERAPY ASSOCIATION * FOUND IN 1966. * IT PUBLISHES THE “AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DANCE THERAPY” * CREATED IN ORDER TO UPHOLD HIGH STANDARDS IN THE FIELD OF DMT.
  • 27.  ASSOCIATION FOR DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY, UNITED KINGTOM (ADMTUK): * IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANISATIONS ESTABLISHED TO REGULATE THE FIELD OF DANCE THERAPY. * ADMTUK ACCREDITS THERAPISTS AND OVERSEES THAT ALL REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED
  • 28.  A MASTER DEGREE IS REQUIRED TO BECOME A DANCE / MOVEMENT THERAPIST  “REGISTERED DANCE / MOVEMENT THERAPIST” (R-DMT) IS THE TITLE GIVEN AT ENTRY - LEVEL
  • 29.  RECREATION IS A FORM OF ACTIVITY THERAPY USED IN MOST PSYCHIATRIC SETTINGS.  IT IS A PLANNED THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY THAT ENABLES PEOPLE WITH LMITATIONS TO ENGAGE IN RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES.
  • 30.  “IT IS A FORM OF ACTIVITY THERAPY, WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL ENJOYS PLEASURABLY, THE LEISURE TIME THROUGH RECREATING AND RENEWING THE BODY AND MIND BY RELIEVING EMOTIONAL TENSIONS OR INTERNAL CONFLICTS AND THERE BY RELEASES MONOTONOUS LIFE OF MENTALLY SICK OR ILL PERSONS” - K.P.NEERAJA
  • 31.  CLIENTS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY IN RELATING TO OTHERS  IMMOBILIZED PERSONS IN PSYCHIATRIC UNITS  SCHIZOPHRENIA  EXCITEMENT  DEPRESSION  ANXIETY DISORDERS  ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME  OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS  SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  • 32.  TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTERACTION  TO DECREASE WITHDRAWAL TENDENCIES  TO PROVIDE OUTLET FOR FEELINGS  TO PROMOTE SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR  TO DEVELOP SKILLS, TALENTS AND ABILITIES  TO INCREASE PHYSICAL CONFIDENCE AND A FEELING OF SELP WORTH
  • 33.  PROVIDE A NON-THREATENING AND NON-DEMANDING ENVIRONMENT  PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RELAXING AND WITHOUT RIGID GUIDELINES AND TIME-FRAMES  PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ENJOYABLE AND SELF SATISFYING
  • 35.  INDOOR ACTIVITIES  OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES  ACTIVITIES FOR INTELLECTUAL EXPRESSION  ACTIVITIES FOR PSYCHOSEXUAL EXPRESSION  ACTIVITIES FOR EXPRESSION OF LOVE AND TENDERNESS  ACTIVITIES FOR EXPRESSION OF MUSCULAR STRENGTH  ACTIVITIES INCREASING SENSORY POWER
  • 36.  RELAXATION PRODUCES PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OPPOSITE THOSE OF ANXIETY; SLOWED HEART RATE, INCREASED PERIPHERAL BLOOD FLOW AND NEUROMUSCULAR STABILITY.  THERE ARE MANY METHODS WHICH CAN BE USED TO INDUCE RELAXATION IN THE INDIVIDUALS.
  • 38.
  • 39.  YOGA IS “SYSTEM OF EXERCISE TO ATTAIN MENTAL CONTROL AND WELL BEING, TO A PATH OF LIBERATION” -WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY  IT IS BASED ON THE ANCIENT INDIAN PHILOSOPHY PRINCIPLE OF MIND-BODY UNITY.
  • 40.  YOGA USES COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL POSTURES (ASANAS), BREATHING TECHNIQUES (PRANAYAMAS) AND MEDITATION TO PROMOTE RELAXATION AND ENHANCE THE FLOW OF VITAL ENERGY CALLED PRANA.
  • 41. SELF CONTROL (YAMA) RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE (NIYAMA) ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS (AASANA) REGULATION OF THE BREATH (PRANAYAMA) RESTRAINT OF THE SENSES (PRATYAHARA)
  • 42. STEADYING OF THE MIND (DHARANA) MEDITATION (DHYANA) PROFOUND CONTEMPLATION (SAMADHI)
  • 44.  “MEDITATION IS A KIND OF SELF-DISCIPLINE THAT HELPS ONE ACHIEVE INNER PEACE AND HARMONY BY FOCUSING UNCRITICALLY ON ONE THING AT A TIME”
  • 45.  DEEP BREATHING ISA SIMPLE TECHNIQUE THAT IS BASIC TO MOST OTHER RELAXATION SKILLS.  TENSION IS RELEASED WHEN THE LUNGS ARE ALLOWED TO BREATHE IN AS MUCH OXYGEN AS POSSIBLE.
  • 46. BREATHING EXERCISES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING * ANXIETY * DEPRESSION * IRRITABILITY * MUSCULAR TENSION * FATIGUE
  • 47. 1) Sit, stand, or lie in a comfortable position, ensuring that the spine is straight. 2) Place one hand on your abdomen and another on your chest. 3) Inhale slowly and deeply through your nose. The abdomen should be expanding and pushing up on your hand. The chest should be moving only slightly.
  • 48. 4) When you have breathed in as much as possible, hold your breathe for a few seconds before exhaling. 5) Begin exhaling slowly through the mouth, pursing your lips as if you were going to whistle. Pursing the lips helps to control how fast you exhale and keeps airways open as long as possible. 6) Feel the abdomen deflate as the lungs are emptied air.
  • 49. 7) Begin the inhale exhale cycle again. focus on the sound and feeling of your breathing as you become more and more relaxed. 8) Continue the deep breathing exercises for 5 to 10 minutes at a time. once mastered, the technique may be used as often as required to relieve tension.
  • 50.  Progressive relaxation, a method of deep muscle relaxation, was developed in 1929 by Chicago physician Edmond Jacobson.  This technique is based on the premise that the body responds to anxiety – provoking thoughts and events with muscle tension.
  • 51.  Excellent results have been observed with this method in the treatment of * muscular tension * anxiety * insomnia * depression * fatigue * irritable bowel * muscle spasms * neck and back pain, * high blood pressure * mild phobias & stuttering.
  • 52.  MENTAL IMAGERY USES THE IMAGINATION IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE BODY’S RESPONSE TO STRESS. THE FRAME OF REFERENCE IS VERY PERSONAL, BASED ON WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERS TO BE A RELAXING ENVIRONMENT.
  • 53.  SIT OR LIE DOWN IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION  CLOSE YOUR EYES AND IMAGINE THAT YOU AND SOMEONE YOU LOVE ARE WALKING ALONG THE SEASHORE. NO OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN SIGHT IN ANY DIRECTION.  THE SUN IS SHINING, THE SKY IS BLUE, AND A GENTLE BREEZE IS BLOWING. YOU SELECT A SPOT TO STOP AND REST.
  • 54.  YOU LIE ON THE SAND AND CLOSE YOUR EYES. YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF THE WAVES AS THEY SPLASH AGAINST THE SHORE.  THE SUN FEELS WARM ON YOUR FACE AND BODY. THE SAND FEELS SOFT COOL AGAINST YOUR BACK.  AN OCCATIONAL WAVE SPLASHES YOU WITH A COOL MIST THAT DRIES RAPIDLY IN THE WARM OF SUN.
  • 55.  REGULAR EXERCISE IS VIEWED BY MANY AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR RELEIVING STRESS. PHYSICAL EXERTION PROVIDES A NATURAL OUTLET FOR THE TENSION PRODUCED BY THE BODY IN ITS STATE OF AROUSAL FOR “FIGHT TO FLIGHT”.
  • 56.  BRISK WALKING  JOGGING  RUNNING  CYCLING  SWIMMING AND DANCING.