Can a cupcake heal the soul? Art therapy with baking as an alternative form of therapeutic
interventions in an adolescent population – experience from the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Lodz
Jagoda Grzejszczak
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Klinika Psychiatrii Dzieci i Młodzieży, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi
Grzejszczak J. Can a cupcake heal the soul? Art therapy with baking as an alternative form of therapeutic
interventions in an adolescent population – experience from the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Lodz. Psychiatria Spersonalizowana / Personalized Psychiatry. 2023;2(2):65-68. doi:10.5114/psychs.2023.128631.
APA
Grzejszczak, J. (2023). Can a cupcake heal the soul? Art therapy with baking as an alternative form of therapeutic
interventions in an adolescent population – experience from the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Lodz. Psychiatria Spersonalizowana / Personalized Psychiatry, 2(2), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.5114/psychs.2023.128631
Chicago
Grzejszczak, Jagoda. 2023. "Can a cupcake heal the soul? Art therapy with baking as an alternative form of therapeutic
interventions in an adolescent population – experience from the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Lodz". Psychiatria Spersonalizowana / Personalized Psychiatry 2 (2): 65-68. doi:10.5114/psychs.2023.128631.
Harvard
Grzejszczak, J. (2023). Can a cupcake heal the soul? Art therapy with baking as an alternative form of therapeutic
interventions in an adolescent population – experience from the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Lodz. Psychiatria Spersonalizowana / Personalized Psychiatry, 2(2), pp.65-68. https://doi.org/10.5114/psychs.2023.128631
MLA
Grzejszczak, Jagoda. "Can a cupcake heal the soul? Art therapy with baking as an alternative form of therapeutic
interventions in an adolescent population – experience from the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Lodz." Psychiatria Spersonalizowana / Personalized Psychiatry, vol. 2, no. 2, 2023, pp. 65-68. doi:10.5114/psychs.2023.128631.
Vancouver
Grzejszczak J. Can a cupcake heal the soul? Art therapy with baking as an alternative form of therapeutic
interventions in an adolescent population – experience from the Department of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry in Lodz. Psychiatria Spersonalizowana / Personalized Psychiatry. 2023;2(2):65-68. doi:10.5114/psychs.2023.128631.
Art therapy has been used for years as one of the widely available therapeutic forms. A distinction can be made between word, movement and image therapy. It has been successfully proven effective in many clinical studies. It is used in the population of child and adolescent psychiatric patients with depressive and anxiety disorders, in patients with trauma features or in the course of holistic developmental disorders. At the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Medical University of Lodz, we have introduced an experimental method of baketherapy, which involves introducing activities into the therapeutic process, during which patients with mental health problems have the opportunity to cooperate and express themselves in the baking process.
Keywords
art therapy, alternative strategies, baketherapy, child and adolescent, home therapy