Crafts: A Criminal Offence?

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This article describes a third-year research project aimed at establishing the way in which the traditional crafts of basketry, stool-seating, pottery, weaving and macramé are used in the treatment of various groups of hospital psychiatric patients. The project also set out to establish whether occupational therapy staff felt that these activities still had a role to play in the therapeutic process. It was found that traditional crafts are used in a variety of ways in many units, particularly in relation to acute psychiatric patients. Although it was found that the majority of staff valued crafts, they expressed the view that there was some stigma attached to their use by hospital staff outside the occupational therapy department. A number of suggestions are made regarding the use of crafts and the need to educate others on the benefits patients receive from these activities.

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