Dynamics of Mental States of Persons with Mental Disorders in the Process of Psychological Rehabilitation Using Audio Correction
Author(s)
Ekaterina S. Pyatkina, Candidate of Sciences (Medicine), Head of the Department of Rehabilitation Technologies, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4897-5803, AuthorID: 899782, N. G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University
83 Astrakhanskaya St, Saratov, Russia, 410012, tel: +7 (8452) 228586, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elena S. Grinina, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Technologies, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8766-9668, AuthorID: 683090, N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University
83 Astrakhanskaya St, Saratov, Russia, 410012, tel: +7 (8452) 228586, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Larisa V. Shipova, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Technologies, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6741-4748, AuthorID:651650, N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University
83 Astrakhanskaya St, Saratov, Russia, 410012, tel: +7 (8452) 228586, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract. Introduction. The article analyzes the experience of using audio correction in the complex rehabilitation of people with mental disorders. Audio correction using the Tomatis method currently appears to be an effective technology for harmonizing the mental development of people with disabilities by purposefully influencing the auditory analyzer. The focus is on the dynamics of mental states of young people with mental characteristics of varying degrees of severity.
Materials and methods. The study involved 36 clients of the Adaptation and Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled – young people with mental disabilities aged 18 to 35 years. The dynamics of mental states was assessed by analyzing the results of an ascertaining and control experiment using a set of psychodiagnostic methods and techniques: conversations with young disabled people with mental disabilities, as well as with their relatives, the method “Well-being. Activity. Mood”, a questionnaire of the current mental state, a test of color choices. At the formative stage of the experiment, a comprehensive rehabilitation of persons with mental disorders was implemented, which included three courses of audio correction, individual and subgroup correctional and developmental classes, psychological consultations, trainings, dance therapy, music therapy, etc.
Results. As a result of complex rehabilitation with the use of audio correction, young people with mental disabilities showed an improvement in well-being, mood, increased activity, efficiency, decreased anxiety, tension, heteronomy, and self-regulation of the study participants became better.
Conclusion. The data obtained allow us to talk about the expediency of implementing audio correction in psychological support and rehabilitation of young people with mental disabilities in the process of comprehensive rehabilitation.
Keywords: people with disabilities, mental disorders, mental state, diagnosis, psychological rehabilitation, audio correction
For citation: Pyatkina E.S., Grinina E.S., Shipova L.V. Dynamics of Mental States of Persons with Mental Disorders in the Process of Psychological Rehabilitation Using Audio Correction. Pedagogicheskiy IMIDZH = Pedagogical IMAGE. 2024; 18 (4). Pp. 589-602. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2024-18-4-589-602
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32343/2409-5052-2024-18-4-589-602
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The article was submitted to the editorial office on 20.11.2023, approved after review on 07.12.2023, and accepted for publication on 15.12.2024.