Biblioterapia : a leitura como ferramenta auxiliar no tratamento de pessoas internadas

Abstract

Bibliotherapy is a therapeutic technique that uses book reading and storytelling as a means of assisting in the treatment of various types of mental and emotional disorders, including those that affect hospitalized patients. The general objective of this work was to study Bibliotherapy as an auxiliary treatment for hospitalized patients, its effectiveness in practice. It also had the specific objectives of researching the forms of application of bibliotherapy as an auxiliary technique in the treatment of convalescent patients, verifying the role of the librarian as a bibliotherapeutic professional and confirming the benefits of bibliotherapy as an alternative treatment. Bibliographic research was used as a methodology, consulting several authors who, in turn, carried out several studies that prove the effectiveness of the technique when applied correctly and a non-structured interview as a health professional who works daily applying bibliotherapy in the hospital together with a group of people who created a project to expand the scope of the benefits of bibliotherapy. It was concluded, after analyzing the data collected in the aforementioned interview, that bibliotherapy is an ancient technique and its benefits are very positive for a large audience and, even more so, for hospitalized patients.