{"id":1925,"date":"2015-03-27T19:41:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2015-03-27T19:41:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:41:45","slug":"jamaica-hospital-lobby-transformed-into-beautiful-works-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-lobby-transformed-into-beautiful-works-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica Hospital Lobby Transformed Into Beautiful Works of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-lobby-transformed-into-beautiful-works-of-art\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-lobby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1926\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-lobby-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"arts photo lobby\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-lobby-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-lobby.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>On March 16<sup>th<\/sup> guests were greeted by an explosion of color and creativity when they arrived at the lobby of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.\u00a0 Members from the department of psychiatry transformed the lobby into an impressive art gallery to raise awareness for Creative Arts Therapy week. The name of the art exhibit was Mandalas, Explorations and other Self-Reflections. The general public and members of the press were invited to view the masterpieces, mingle and participate in interactive projects at the reception.<\/p>\n<p>While the art was indeed beautiful, what made each piece special was the fact that they were anonymously submitted by patients participating in creative arts therapy at the hospital. \u00a0According to licensed creative arts therapists Michelle Hololob and Heather Grey; these patients were happy to submit their work because they wanted others to know that creative arts therapy has been a positive experience for them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-4v.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1928\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-4v-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"arts photo 4v\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-4v-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-4v-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/arts-photo-4v.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Seeth Vivek; Chairman of Psychiatry and Tony Maffia; Vice President of Psychiatry, as well as Grey and Hololob all conducted interviews with the media and educated everyone about the benefits of creative arts therapy in treating mental illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Creative arts therapy encourages self- exploration, helps organize emotions and has a profoundly positive effect on mental well-being. <a href=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/artsphoto-v-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1929\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/artsphoto-v-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"artsphoto v 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/artsphoto-v-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/artsphoto-v-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/artsphoto-v-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Patients often begin therapy feeling unhappy, conflicted or isolated but by creating art they are able to share their feelings, engage with therapists and begin the process of recovery. It is for these reasons and others that this form of therapy has been an integral part of the Department of Psychiatry at Jamaica Hospital for nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The event was a success and a visual sensation. \u00a0However, the most important achievement for the psychiatry department was being able to use art as a platform to educate the public that mental illness should not be stigmatized and is nothing to be ashamed of. \u201cThere is still a stigma attached to mental illness,\u201d said Heather Grey-as quoted in the Times Ledger. \u201cWe are using art as a platform to disseminate that stigma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click here to read the full Times Ledger article:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesledger.com\/stories\/2015\/12\/mentalart_tl_2015_03_20_q.html\">http:\/\/www.timesledger.com\/stories\/2015\/12\/mentalart_tl_2015_03_20_q.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see more images visit us on Facebook.com\/JamaicaHospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareOn March 16th guests were greeted by an explosion of color and creativity when they arrived at the lobby of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.\u00a0 Members from the department of psychiatry transformed the lobby into an impressive art gallery to raise &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-lobby-transformed-into-beautiful-works-of-art\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1930,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925\/revisions\/1930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}