Study of the Influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on Correction of Mental Disorders in Neurotic Conditions

Authors

  • Anatoly Panasovich ZAGNITKO Doctor of Philology, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Philology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 4, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-6091
  • Oksana Nikolaevna SHPORTUN Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 4, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4528-4329
  • Victoria Anatolyevna OVERCHUK Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 5, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7744-9346
  • Julia Vladimirovna KUSHNIR Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus; Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 4, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2502-0257
  • Zoryana Stepanovna SAVCHUK Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology and Social Work, Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, st. Ostorozhsky 31, Vinnitsa, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-2672
  • Valentina Nikolaevna PEDORENKO Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Lecturer of Department of Psychology and Social Work, Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, st. Ostorozhsky 31, Vinnitsa, Ukraine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1572-8750

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/11.2/73

Keywords:

psychogeny, neurotic disorders, psychological states, Katathym-Imaginative Therapy, Symbol Drama, correction.

Abstract

The article actualizes the issue of the effectiveness of the influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on the correction of mental disorders. An analysis of an empirical study of the features of the influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on the correction of mental disorders in neurotic conditions is conducted. The purpose of the study: a psychological analysis of the concepts of “psychogeny”, “neurosis” and “neurosis-like conditions”; An empirical study of the effect of Symbol Drama on mental states of patients with neurotic disorders. The following methods were used: conversation, testing (“Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ММРI ”, “SAN” method, “Self-assessment of mental states” test by G. Aysenck, O. Kondash’s scale of social-situational anxiety, PEN Questionnaire (Hans and Sibylla Aysenck) of the Katathym-Imaginative Psychotherapy methods, which forms the experiment. The sample included 86 people - patients of the neurological department of the Vinnitsa Regional Psycho-Neurological Hospital named after academician Nikolai Yushchenko. Based on the correction program with the help of the Katathym-Imaginative Therapy it is proved that the Katathym-Imaginative Therapy method is a quite effective means of psycho-correction of mental conditions of patients with neurotic disorders, and is more effective with labile mental states, where the emotional component is crucial, and is less effective in the less emotional stable psychological state.

Author Biographies

Anatoly Panasovich ZAGNITKO, Doctor of Philology, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Philology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 4, Ukraine

Doctor of Philology, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Philology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Oksana Nikolaevna SHPORTUN, Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 4, Ukraine

Doctor of Psychology, Associate Professor, Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Victoria Anatolyevna OVERCHUK, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 5, Ukraine

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Julia Vladimirovna KUSHNIR, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus; Vinnitsa, st. Yangel 4, Ukraine

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology, Donetsk National University named after Vasily Stus; Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Zoryana Stepanovna SAVCHUK, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology and Social Work, Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, st. Ostorozhsky 31, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of Department of Psychology and Social Work, Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, Vinnitsa, Ukraine 

Valentina Nikolaevna PEDORENKO, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Lecturer of Department of Psychology and Social Work, Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, st. Ostorozhsky 31, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Lecturer of Department of Psychology and Social Work, Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, Vinnitsa, Ukraine

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Published

2020-07-03

How to Cite

ZAGNITKO, A. P., SHPORTUN, O. N., OVERCHUK, V. A., KUSHNIR, J. V., SAVCHUK, Z. S., & PEDORENKO, V. N. (2020). Study of the Influence of Katathym-Imaginative Therapy on Correction of Mental Disorders in Neurotic Conditions. BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, 11(2), 33-56. https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/11.2/73

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2020): BRAIN. BROAD RESEARCH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE

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Neuroscience

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