Tuberculosis: Art Therapy with Patients in Isolation

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Abstract
In recent years there has been an unexpected resurgence of tuberculosis, a disease that was considered to have been conquered earlier in this century. Due to environmental, epidemiological, and behavioral factors, it is reappearing with increasing prevalence and presenting new treatment challenges. Art therapy, which partly originated in tuberculosis sanatoria, again serves to assist patients in coping with their illness and confinement. Case examples illustrate aspects of the disease and related emotions and highlight the potential for such an expressive activity to counter perceived and real isolation.