RECREATIONAL THERAPY
Recreation is a form of activity therapy used
in most psychiatric settings
It is a planned therapeutic activity that enables people
with limitations to engage in
recreational experiences
AIMS
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To encourage social interaction
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To decrease withdrawal tendencies
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To provide outlet for feelings
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To promote socially acceptable behavior
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To develop skills, talents and abilities
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To increase physical confidence and feeling of
self worth
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Points to be kept in mind
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Provide a non-threatening and non-demanding
environment
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Provide activities that are relaxing and without
rigid guidelines and time frames
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Provide activities that are enjoying and self
satisfying
Types
Motor
forms:
Hockey, football, volley ball, cricket, dancing etc
Sensory forms:
they are either
visual like looking at motion pictures, play etc or auditory such as listening
to concert.
Intellectual
forms includes activities such as reading, debating and so on
Suggested activities
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Anxiety disorders: Aerobic activities like
walking, jogging
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Depressive disorder: Non-competitive sports like
jogging, walking, running, etc
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Manic disorder: one-to-one basis individual
games like shuttle badminton, tennis etc
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Paranoid Schizophrenia: activities requiring
concentration like chess, puzzles
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Catatonic Schizophrenia: social activities to
give patient contact with reality like dancing, athletics
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Dementia: crafts
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Childhood and adolescent disorders: playing,
story telling and painting for children; sports and games for adolescents
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Mental retardation: walking, dancing, swimming,
ball playing etc
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