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Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety
Can cultural representations be used to therapeutic effect in the treatment of mood disorders like depression and anxiety? This article develops a theoretical framework that outlines how this might be achieved by way of mid-level cultural metrics that allow otherwise heterogeneous forms of represent...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7786153/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31672734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2018-011459 |
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description | Can cultural representations be used to therapeutic effect in the treatment of mood disorders like depression and anxiety? This article develops a theoretical framework that outlines how this might be achieved by way of mid-level cultural metrics that allow otherwise heterogeneous forms of representation to be grouped together. Its prediction is that abstract representations—as measured by Shannon entropy—will impact positively on anxiety, where concrete representations will positively impact on depression. The background to the prediction comes from construal level theory, a branch of social psychology that deals with the effects of abstraction on psychological distance; the types of cultural representations analysed include image, narrative and film. With a view to evaluating the hypothesis, the article surveys the empirical literature in art therapy, creative bibliotherapy and cinema therapy. |
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spelling | pubmed-77861532021-01-14 Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety Carney, James Med Humanit Original Research Can cultural representations be used to therapeutic effect in the treatment of mood disorders like depression and anxiety? This article develops a theoretical framework that outlines how this might be achieved by way of mid-level cultural metrics that allow otherwise heterogeneous forms of representation to be grouped together. Its prediction is that abstract representations—as measured by Shannon entropy—will impact positively on anxiety, where concrete representations will positively impact on depression. The background to the prediction comes from construal level theory, a branch of social psychology that deals with the effects of abstraction on psychological distance; the types of cultural representations analysed include image, narrative and film. With a view to evaluating the hypothesis, the article surveys the empirical literature in art therapy, creative bibliotherapy and cinema therapy. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12 2019-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7786153/ /pubmed/31672734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2018-011459 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Carney, James Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety |
title | Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety |
title_full | Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety |
title_fullStr | Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety |
title_full_unstemmed | Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety |
title_short | Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety |
title_sort | culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7786153/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31672734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2018-011459 |
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