Establishment of Reliability of the Occupation-Based Practice Assessment

The profession’s foundational construct; occupation, is therapeutically effective, but there remains inconsistent use as a therapeutic medium. A psychometrically strong tool can measure and maximize the use of occupation. This study establishes preliminary psychometric properties of the Occupation-Based Practice Assessment (OBPA). This methodological study tested inter-rater reliability using simulated video cases to examine the OBPA. Overall reliability was acceptable with at .868. All subsections were acceptable including Meaning and Purposeful Occupation (.871), Therapeutic Intent (.819), and Engaged Participation (.807). Two items, Context (.946) and Actual Doing (.981), demonstrated excellent reliability; while three items, Meaning (.747), Adaptation (.799), and Participation (.735), fell slightly below the acceptable level. Preliminary investigation of the OBPA reveals acceptable inter-rater reliability and suggests potential for use following additional in-vivo testing to measure therapeutic interactions to enhance student learning, optimize clinical practice, facilitate professional development, evaluate programs, and quantify occupation-based practice in research.

A Therapeutic Medium?: Crisis and History in Oracula Sibyllina 4

This article argues that the oracles of Oracula Sibyllina 4 interpreted and responded to specific crises facing ancient Mediterranean Jewish and pagan communities. With this in mind, it advances the idea that the text can be read as a Jewish reaction to the fall of the Jerusalem temple in 70 CE, which is a reading that recent scholarship has been hesitant to accept. Rather than read Oracula Sibyllina 4 as a reflection of the author’s pre-existing views, the present article approaches the text as a creative medium through which a new historical consciousness was crafted, one that accommodated the fall of the temple and the events surrounding its destruction. To do so, the article briefly contextualizes the text to demonstrate that crisis-mediation was an expected task of ancient Sibylline literature, then proceeds to interpret the contentious passages that have led scholars to offer alternative readings.

Journey from Trauma to Transcendence Through Art Therapy: The Study of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak

The aim of this research paper is to analyze the novel of American writer, Laurie Halse Anderson, entitled Speak, through the lens of art therapy to highlight that the journey from trauma to transcendence is possible through the therapeutic medium of art. This study examines all the traumatic encounters which the protagonist of Speak, Melinda Sordino, must face in her adolescence period and her constant struggle to cope with those experiences. The research substantiates that Anderson's novel frames speech and recovery from depression and traumatic stress possible through the artistic renderings. The theoretical framework of this paper is encapsulated in Shaun McNiff’s theory of art as medicine. The scopes of existing studies of Laurie Anderson’s Speak are limited to the exploration of the impact of traumatic encounters on the psychological and social growth of the young adult but this has not been clarified that how the protagonist overpowers the weaknesses and frailties of her mind through the healing properties of art. The decipherment of the element of art therapy in Speak fills the gap in research on trauma recovery through expressive art in Young Adult literature. Thus, the findings generated from this study might help future researchers in exploring various dimensions of Young Adult Literature to study the implications of trauma recovery through creative art therapy.

PENTINGNYA TERAPI MUSIK DALAM KONSELING

Music is a strain that can strengthen creativity, intellectual, emotional and aesthetic in the world of art. Music is known as a companion to the individual's sense of hearing, when they want to harmonize with the mood which is called a song. Music is very meaningful and important in the world of counseling. One of them is as a therapeutic medium or technique in the counseling process. The description of the importance of music therapy in the world of counseling will be discussed in this chapter.Keywords: Music Therapy, Art Counseling, Counseling Guidance.

Creative Intervention for Acrophobia Sufferers through AIVE Concept

This research applies exposure to the visual appearance technology of virtual reality (VR). The motivation for this research is to generate a creative intervention by using regular smartphone devices and implementing them in VR using Google Cardboard as a medium visual display for exposure therapy at high altitudes. The VR application in this research is called acrophobia immersive virtual exposure (AIVE), which utilizes the Unity3D software to develop this treatment therapy application. The utilization of exposure therapy was carried out as a therapeutic medium for acrophobia sufferers. A commissioner was given to measure the usefulness of applications and devices in the VR environment created, and as many as 20 users had tested the VR device. The existing questionnaire was revised to develop a questionnaire for acrophobia sufferers, which was then used as an index measurement in the VR environment. The research is expected to be used to design a simulator and as a therapeutic medium using immersive VR devices in future studies.

Resonant Recoveries

Resonant Recoveries: French Music and Trauma Between the World Wars illustrates that coping with trauma was a central concern for French musicians active after World War I. The losses and violent warfare of World War I shaped how interwar French musicians—from those fighting in the trenches and working in military hospitals to more well-known musicians—engaged with music. Situated at the intersections of musicology, history, sound and performance studies, and psychology and trauma studies, Resonant Recoveries argues that modernists’ compositions and musical activities were sonorous locations for managing and performing trauma. Through analysis of archival materials, French medical, philosophical, and literary texts, and the music produced between the wars, this book illuminates how music emerged during World War I as an embodied technology of consolation. Resonant Recoveries demonstrates that music making came to be understood by French interwar musicians as a consolatory practice that enhanced their abilities to remember lost loved ones, gave them opportunities to perform their grief publicly and privately, allowed them to create healing bonds of friendship, and soothed them with sonic vibrations and the rhythmically regular bodily movements required in order to perform many French neoclassical compositions. In revealing the importance that music making held for interwar French musicians, this book refigures French modernist music as a therapeutic medium for creators, performers, and audiences, while also underlining the importance of addressing trauma, mourning, and people’s emotional lives in music scholarship.

Δ 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Toxicity and Validation of Cannabidiol on Brain Dopamine Levels: An Assessment on Cannabis Duplicity

Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) of cannabis is the main psychoactive component which is a global significant concern to human health. Evaluation on THC reported its drastic effect on the brain dopaminergic (DAergic) system stimulating mesolimbic DA containing neurons thereby increasing the level of striatal DA. Cannabidiol (CBD), with its anxiolytic and anti-psychotic property, is potent to ameliorate the THC-induced DAergic variations. Legal authorization of cannabis use and its analogs in most countries led to a drastic dispute in the elicitation of cannabis products. With a recent increase in cannabis-induced disorder rates, the present review highlighted the detrimental effects of THC and the effects of CBD on THC induced alterations in DA synthesis and release. Alongside the reported data, uses of cannabis as a therapeutic medium in a number of health complications are also being briefly reviewed. These evaluated reports led to an anticipation of additional research contradictory to the findings of THC and CBD activity in the brain DAergic system and their medical implementations as therapeutics. Graphic Abstract

PENGARUH BIBLIOTERAPI TERHADAP KECEMASAN HOSPITALISASI ANAK USIA PRASEKOLAH DI RUMAH SAKIT MUHAMMADIYAH PALEMBANG

Latar belakang: Hospitalisasi dapat menimbulkan kecemasan pada anak prasekolah. Kecemasan anak prasekolah akibat hospitalisasi dapat diminimalisirdengan bermain, salah satunya menggunakan buku cerita. Pemanfaat buku sebagai media terapi disebut juga dengan Biblioterapi. Tujuan:Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh biblioterapi terhadap kecemasan hospitalisasi pada anak usia prasekolah di Rumah Sakit Muhammadiyah Palembang. Metode:Penelitian menggunakan metode pre-experiment dengan rancangan One Group Pretest-postest. Kecemasan diukur dengan kuisioner kecemasan. Sampel penelitian ini adalah sebagian anak yang mengalami hospitalisasi di RS Muhammadiyah Palembang sebanyak 25 anak. Pengumpulan data dilakukan pada bulan April – Mei 2019.. Uji Statistik dengan mengunakan statistik parametrik uji T-test dependent.Hasil:Rata-rata nilai kecemasan siswa sebelum dan setelah dilakukan intervensibiblioterapi adalah 56,84 dan 3,35 dengan nilai p value<0,001 yang artinya ada pengaruh biblioterapi terhadap kecemasan hospitalisasi pada anak prasekolah. Background: Hospitalization can cause anxiety in children. When children experience anxiety at the hospital, children will usually play using books. Use of books as a therapeutic medium is also called Bibliotherapy. Purpose: of this study was to determine the effect of Bibliotherapy on the anxiety of hospitalization in preschool children at the Muhammadiyah hospital in Palembang.Methode: This research method uses preexperimental research methods with one group pre-post test design with 25 responden. Data collected at April – May 2019. T Test dependent used to analysis the result.Results:The Mean of Anxiety before and after intervention is 56,84 dan 3,35p value<0.001, which means that there is a significant relationship between bibliotherapy to the hospitalization anxiety in preschool children at the Muhammadiyah Hospital Palembang.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DIARY WRITING IN IMPROVING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ASSERTIVE ATTITUDES

This study aimed to apply diary writing as a therapy for low-assertive students. This study employed the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method developed by Lester Luborsky. The data were collected using diary as an elicitation medium and analyzed using the Garnefski Emotion-Cognitive Regulation Questionnaire (CER). The results showed that(1) student low assertiveness could be improved through expressive writing therapy using a diary as the medium; (2) diary as a therapeutic medium was effective in improving student low assertiveness because diary writing tasks can be distinguished based on CCRT and CER; (3) there was a difference between male and female assertiveness patterns; (4) subjects in the category were easier to change towards normal assertiveness with diary writing therapy compared to subjects in the LSE category.

Up-to-date review of psychotherapy via videoconference: implications and recommendations for the RANZCP Psychotherapy Written Case during the COVID-19 pandemic

Objective: There has been a surge in videoconferencing technology use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. RANZCP registrars engaged in the Psychotherapy Written Case are met with new challenges in navigating the psychodynamic processes that can occur when transitioning from in-person to videoconferencing psychotherapy. There is also a myriad of videoconferencing platforms to choose from. Conclusion: It has become necessary to adapt our clinical practice to the current COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing regulations. The literature recognises videoconferencing psychotherapy as a valid therapeutic medium which can facilitate healthy psychological maturation, but there are theoretical drawbacks. A transition to videoconferencing psychotherapy requires patient agreeability, consistency and reflection upon patient–therapist dynamics; this will aide in the Psychotherapy Written Case submission. Registrars must balance usability, digital security and patient preferences when choosing videoconferencing platforms.