The Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw is the second hospital with which we have signed a permanent cooperation agreement to support the mental health of children and young people in mental health crises. As part of this cooperation, the foundation will be responsible for organizing and conducting creative art therapy workshops for patients aged 14-18 who are staying in an inpatient psychiatric ward.

Since 2024, our foundation has been developing the Kaleidoscopes program, i.e., a program of creative workshops tailored to the needs of patients in child psychiatry wards as well as to the working conditions in closed psychiatric wards. So far, the program has been implemented at the Clinic of Developmental Psychiatry for Children and Adolescents at the Medical University of Warsaw and has covered nearly 500 young patients. Our workshops are appreciated by children and young people. Above all, they give them a space to safely express their emotions, build relationships, talk, and relax during their stay in the hospital.

We are very happy that we will be able to include even more children in the program, in cooperation with IPiN. Creative activity and expression through various forms of art have a positive impact on health, which is particularly important for psychiatric patients in the long-term treatment process.

More information about IPiN: https://www.ipin.edu.pl/