A Comparative Study of Spatial Cognition: Chinese Garden Aesthetics and Contemporary Schizophrenia
Bo Xu, Xiaomeng LuAbstract
Objective
Psychological pressure rises sharply among modern groups. Schizophrenia incidence increases year by year. Mental states of patients collapse gradually. Mental health is seriously impaired. This study explores rich mental health wisdom contained in Chinese garden aesthetics. It provides new and effective ideas for schizophrenia psychological intervention. It supports the improvement of patients’ disordered mental states. It helps protect the mental health of schizophrenia patients.
Subjects and Methods
This study takes typical Chinese gardens as research objects. Schizophrenia patients with different illness degrees are included. Literature research is adopted to sort out relevant theories. Theoretical analysis is used to explore aesthetic connotations. Garden spatial aesthetics is systematically investigated. Natural artistic conception of gardens is in-depth analyzed. Psychological needs of schizophrenia patients are accurately matched. Mental health regulation mechanism of garden aesthetics is revealed.
Results
Chinese gardens center on natural artistic conception and harmonious spatial layout. They effectively soothe the psychological trauma of schizophrenia patients. They relieve heavy psychological pressure caused by illness. They ease anxious and irritable emotions of patients. They regulate abnormal emotional perception. They stabilize the disordered mental states of patients. They significantly improve the mental health levels of schizophrenia patients.
Conclusions
Chinese garden aesthetics owns rich psychological healing wisdom. It fits the psychological intervention demands of schizophrenia patients. It optimizes the traditional psychological healing models. It builds a scientific and humanized aesthetic path for pressure relief. It effectively protects the mental health of patients. It stabilizes the mental states of schizophrenia patients. It provides a new aesthetic intervention approach for mental health care.
Acknowledgement
2022 Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project of the Education Department of Guizhou Province: Research on Practical Educational Reform of "School-enterprise cooperation" Training Mode for Environmental Design Major in Guizhou Undergraduate Colleges, Project Number: 2022110.
Corresponding Author
Bo Xu, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou, China.