26isfam121 10.3205/26isfam121 urn:nbn:de:0183-26isfam1213 Meeting Abstract Azcona Gómez Azcona Gómez Claudia C

Complutense University of Madrid

author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 20260612 engl This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). M0652 121 International Society for Arts and Medicine The Healing Arts – Forging Alliances of Arts & Medicine Presentation Abstracts Berlin 20260618 20260620 26isfam121 TextARVICO project stems from the intersectoral collaboration agreement between the Fine Arts Faculty (Complutense University of Madrid), the Health Prevention and Promotion Service (Madrid City Council), and the Sisters Hospitallers’ Psychosocial Rehabilitation Line, that made possible to fully incorporate the artistic element in the psychosocial rehabilitation of a group of adults with severe mental disorders.ARVICO aims to improve social and communication skills in people with severe mental disorders through participatory artistic practices in museums.The project is geared towards permanent implementation in psychosocial rehabilitation programs through a robust methodology that guarantees its quality, replicability, and the reliability of its results.ARVICO relies on an experimental design with pre-test and post-test measures and a control group. It is an intersectoral project using mixed methodology, with data collected through structured and validated social-skills interviews, artistic products, and participant observation.Quantitative and qualitative data analysis reveals improvements in areas such as interpersonal relationships, defending one's rights, handling conversations, handling requests, public speaking skills, interacting with authority figures and peers, group interaction, and expressing feelings, which implies socially skilled behavior and interpersonal competence.The intersectoral nature of the project required constant knowledge exchange for consolidating the alliance between art and health.Participatory artistic practices in the museum became an experience of interpersonal bonding and a key element in developing social behaviors.The embodied artistic experience provides creative possibilities in social skills training, and serves as catalyst for meaningful learning experiences that improve well-being, health, and quality of life. 0 0 0 0