The writing room: writing helps healing


Published: 1 August 2016
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Authors

  • L. Ruiz SS Psicologia, AO”SS.Antonio e Biagio e C.Arrigo” di Alessandria, Italy.
  • D. Ferrandi S.C. Neurologia, AO”SS.Antonio e Biagio e C.Arrigo” di Alessandria, Italy.
  • T. Bolgeo Coordinatore Infermieristico S.C. Neurologia, Italy.
  • G. Montobbio SS Psicologia, AO”SS.Antonio e Biagio e C.Arrigo” di Alessandria, Italy.
  • A. Pepoli SS Psicologia, AO”SS.Antonio e Biagio e C.Arrigo” di Alessandria, Italy.
  • A. Barbierato Coordinatore Infermieristico S.C. Cardiologia e U.T.I.C, Italy.

It is described the project and actuation of a room for writing inside of Alessandria’s Hospital. The idea was organized from know out matured by doctors and nurses who have participated in training curses in narrative medicine in these years. The realization was asked by the head of the Neurology Department and his assistant where is located. The writing room is thinking on the base of typology of the emerging needs of their patients. In a simple and practical way it is detailed the instruction of this rooms model with the purpose to make writing, in this contest, an effective behavioral resource in the adaptation to illness. In the base of the first results, the strategies are suggested to make initiated practical effectively.


Ruiz, L., Ferrandi, D., Bolgeo, T., Montobbio, G., Pepoli, A., & Barbierato, A. (2016). The writing room: writing helps healing. Working Paper of Public Health, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/wpph.2016.9195

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