The Role of Plastic Art Therapy in Reducing Psychological Concerns among AIDS Patients at One of the Saudi Arabian Hospitals

The aim of this research is to identify the concept of art therapy, to help AIDS patients overcome the trauma of the disease, to reduce the psychological concerns of AIDS patients, using plastic art.
This research is based on the applied approach and is directed towards a specific task of reducing psychological fears among AIDS patients using plastic art as a treatment. The research community consisted of AIDS patients in the Department of Infectious Diseases at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. In his research, the researcher used a series of diagnostic drawings, such as a test measuring mental disorders through art, and his ability to reduce the psychological concerns of AIDS patients.
The study showed a number of results:
1. The AIDS patients are in a state of psychological fluctuation between satisfaction and feeling of distress, and despite this fluctuation, but they - the patients - were able to express what is inside them by drawing.
2. During the interview, the researcher found that when they were asked about their face to face, signs of anger appeared on the husband and began to speak with excessive nervousness, but the two patients expressed their condition and exposed many of their devices without anger or nervousness by drawing what was going on, Status.
3. Art works to reduce the level of fear and anxiety of the future in patients in general, and AIDS patients in particular.
 
The researcher recommended the following:
1. The need to highlight the importance of art as part of the psychological treatment of people with AIDS.
2. Apply the experience of reducing psychological concerns through plastic art and circulating it to a number of hospital rehabilitation sections.