Visual art therapy in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case study.

Visual art therapy in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case study. Neurocase. 2016 Jan 18;:1-5 Authors: Shrestha R, Trauger-Querry B, Loughrin A, Appleby BS Abstract This paper describes the diagnostic and treatment utility of visual art therapy in a case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Visual art therapy was compared longitudinally with clinical and neuroimaging data over five-month period in an autopsy-confirmed case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of MM2-cortical subtype. Art therapy sessions and content were useful in ascertaining neuropsychiatric symptoms during the course of her illness. Art therapy offered a unique emotional and cognitive outlet as illness progressed. Patients and families affected by sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may benefit from art therapy despite the rapidly progressive nature of the illness. Art therapy can also be useful for assessment of patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by healthcare professionals. PMID: 26782687 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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