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Creative Writing/Poetry Treatment Report
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See also: Journal Writing
What is Creative Writing/Poetry? Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include most novels and epics, as well as many short stories and poems.
Reasons Taken
23 patients in the community are taking or have taken Creative Writing/Poetry.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
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| Other | 9 | 39% |
| Depression | 4 | 17% |
| General health | 3 | 13% |
| Support another treatment | 2 | 8% |
| Irritability | 1 | 4% |
| Anxiety | 1 | 4% |
| Cognition | 1 | 4% |
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Creative Writing/Poetry.
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| 0 As needed | 1 hr As needed | 1 other As needed | 12 other As needed | 15 min As needed | 30 min As needed | 60 min As needed | 100 other As needed | 5 hr Weekly | 1 hr Daily | 1 other Daily | 30 min Every Other Week | 30 min Weekly | 15 min Daily | 30 min Daily | 40 min Daily | 45 min Daily | 50 min Daily | ||
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Duration
How long current patients have been taking Creative Writing/Poetry or how long patients were taking Creative Writing/Poetry before stopping.
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 2 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 50% | 1 |
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| Moderate | 50% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
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| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 50% | 1 |
| None | 50% | 1 |
Top reported side-effects include: unpleasant emotions
Summary results are based on 2 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 2)
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- Nyrsaeans
- Sex: F
- Depression: 2
- Emotional: 1
- Compulsion: 4
- Anxiety: 2
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 31 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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by Nyrsaeans
Oct 24, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsMild
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- be ready to deal with negative emotional fall-out even if writing for therapeutic and positive reasons
- See full evaluation
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