Religious and spiritual motifs in the art of the patients of Nikkilä Hospital

This article focuses on religiousness and spirituality in the art works of psychiatric patients Nikkilä Hospital, Finland. The pictures analysed here belong to a collection held at Helsinki City Museum they were made during twentieth century. theoretical frame study is cultural mental health. approached as presenting specific kind imagery which has connections not only personal history diagnoses patients; their context hospital environment also taken into account. are compared with outsider examples internationally.