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It is reported that the thesis section is available, to publish abstracts of postgraduate theses in the disciplinary field. Who submits your thesis, must present the title, abstract, key words (include Occupational Therapy), and a summary of 2 to 3 pages of your thesis. And `present it in Spanish, English and / or Portuguese.

The therapeutic use of language learning

Authors

  • Cristina de Diego Alonso Terapeutas ocupacionales
  • Patricia Jovellar Isiegas Terapeutas ocupacionales

Abstract

From two Occupational Therapy´s students point of view during an Erasmus in a psychiatric in Belgium, the article explain an an anlysis of: "language learning" as a part into a therapy with patients in mental health.

The article tries to show all aspects we can develop in patients (cognitive skills, interpersonal relations and socialability, self steem, occupational fuctioning and how to mitigate auditive hallucinations), and how all of them come up in a natural way during a language learning. In conclusion how a meaningful activity to the patient became in a therapeutic activity.

Keywords:

Salud mental, aprender un idioma, actividad propositiva, relacción terapéutica, función ocupacional, Mental health, language learning, activity with meaning, therapeutics relationship, occupational fuctioning