The purposes of this study was to see the effects of group art therapy on chronicmental illness. The subjects were 11 patients atmental hospital in goyang city.There searche rappalled the group art therapy to chronicmental illnessatment alhospital for 90minutes once aweek total72sessions.The researcher have observed and studied the conditions of subjects for three years or longer and have observed psychotic symptoms ofpatient, delusional, unrealistic thinking, with drawal into self,social isolation, perceptual & cognitive impairment(a deficit of attention, concentration, reality sense).The art therapy program ofthis study employed collage,LMT,HTP and so on.Collective works were designed to improvement of concentration, attention, self-disclose, interpersonal relationship. In a concrete way, First schizophrenic
patient who attended program ofgroup arttherapy showed improvement of psychotic symptom
patterns, attention, concentration, self-esteem, self disclose, drug sideeffects, interpersonal relationship. Second, aspect of LMT was pattern, content, colors of primary & later session. The results of this study were a little changes of patients behavior & attitude, attention, concentration, and thepicture aspects of LMT, for primary and later of group art therapy. Based on study result,Theresearcherwould like to recommend as follows. First, since this study has done at the a certainmental hospital.There is limitation to generalize of results. Therefore it is required that group art therapy program apply to the patients of other rehabilitating facilities and to the inpatient, soverify the effects of the program. Second, it was not easy to exclude causes which is not controlled during the program at mental hospital therefore more study should
be done consideration of this matter. If we prepare the opportunity of art therapy for the chronicmental illeness positively and expansively the most must be cometrue. There search eris recommended as re-study, and the development of the rapeutic program.
Key Words: Group Art Therapy, Chronic Schizophrenia, DrugSide Effect, the Behaviors and Attitudes of Patients(attention, concentration, self-disclose, interpersonalrelationship)