Art therapy and neuroscience: evidence, limits, and myths. [PDF]
The evidence base for the effectiveness of art therapy continues to grow, even as a mechanistic understanding of how art therapy works remains limited. One promising avenue for increasing our understanding of how and why art therapy works is through the ...
Strang CE.
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The graduate program in art therapy trains highly skilled therapists whose professional practice is grounded in a broad understanding of current clinical art therapy, counseling, and trauma theories.
H. McDonald
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Role of Art Therapy in the Promotion of Mental Health: A Critical Review
Art therapy is used most commonly to treat mental illnesses and can aid in controlling manifestations correlated with psychosocially challenging behaviours, slowing cognitive decline, and enhancing the quality of life. Art therapy can help people express
Apoorva Shukla +3 more
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Art Therapy: A Complementary Treatment for Mental Disorders
Art therapy, as a non-pharmacological medical complementary and alternative therapy, has been used as one of medical interventions with good clinical effects on mental disorders.
Jingxuan Hu +4 more
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Six-Month Mortality among HIV-Infected Adults Presenting for Antiretroviral Therapy with Unexplained Weight Loss, Chronic Fever or Chronic Diarrhea in Malawi. [PDF]
In sub-Saharan Africa, early mortality is high following initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). We investigated 6-month outcomes and factors associated with mortality in HIV-infected adults being assessed for ART initiation and presenting with ...
AD Kerkhoff +50 more
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Art Therapy in the Digital World: An Integrative Review of Current Practice and Future Directions
Background Psychotherapy interventions increasingly utilize digital technologies to improve access to therapy and its acceptability. Opportunities that digital technology potentially creates for art therapy reach beyond increased access to include new ...
Ania Zubala, Nicola Kennell, S. Hackett
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Creative Art Therapy as a Non-Pharmacological Intervention for Dementia: A Systematic Review
Background: Non-pharmacological therapies have been shown to be effective in managing challenging behavior in people with dementia. However, the efficacy of art therapy has yet to be determined.
Shayla Y.M. Emblad +1 more
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Making Art Therapy Virtual: Integrating Virtual Reality Into Art Therapy With Adolescents
In recent years, the field of art therapy has sought to adapt traditional treatment approaches to today’s innovative technological environments when working with adolescent “digital natives.” In their clinic, art therapists often struggle with lack of ...
Liat Shamri Zeevi
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Art therapy for Parkinson's disease.
OBJECTIVE To explore the potential rehabilitative effect of art therapy and its underlying mechanisms in Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS Observational study of eighteen patients with PD, followed in a prospective, open-label, exploratory trial ...
Alberto Cucca +17 more
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Towards a description of the elements of art therapy practice for trauma: a systematic review
Background Post-traumatic stress disorder is a debilitating mental health condition that can occur when individuals are exposed to traumatic situations [American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
H. Bowen-Salter +8 more
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