The art therapy is a modern way to resocialise patients with various diseases, including those with stroke, said Prof. Ekaterina Tityanova, head of the Clinic "Functional Diagnosis of the Nervous System" of the Military Medical Academy.

As of today, the clinic, which a month ago was completely reconstructed, according to the European model, is “variegated” with the works of Donka Dimitrova - a patient who suffered a severe stroke. And part of her treatment is art therapy.

The art of people with various diseases of the nervous system is shown at a special exhibition during the annual congress of the Bulgarian Association of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics.

It has been shown that stroke artists, writers and musicians can drastically change the way they draw, write and compose, and other patients can develop skills unknown before the stroke. This is due to the ability of the brain to reorganise in conditions of permanent neurological damage, which allows patients with various deficits to improve their quality of life, to feel useful to themselves and others, supported by family and trained mediators, commented Prof. Tityanova.

It is worth every person at risk to touch art by rediscovering themselves and modifying their perceptions of life in their own way, which brings them satisfaction, peace and joy. In case of difficult communication with the outside world, the art therapy is a kind of way of social communication.

Art therapy is used in the treatment of strokes in the life after stroke. The stroke itself has four phases - primary prevention, acute phase of the stroke, long rehabilitation and a stage – the life after the stroke, the specialist explained.