Resource Articles

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Behavioural

Bridging Art-Therapy and NVR: The Ramla Model for domestic resistance to violence, forming a resistance laboratory.

Effects of Art Therapy on Anger and Self-esteem in Aggressive Children, Mousavi et al.

Utilization of Narrative Approach on Art Therapy in Children with Behavioural Problems, Hutyrova (2016) [PDF]

Dementia & Aged Care

Art Therapy in Dementia Care: Toward Neurologically Informed, Evidence-Based Practice, Guseva (2019) [PDF]

Senses of Memory in Dementia Care: The Transcendent Subject

Digital Media

Shifting Frames: Reflections on Filmmaking and the Unconscious in the Art Practice of an Art Therapist

Disabilities

Digital Technology Use in Art Therapy with Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Darewych et al. (2015) [PDF]

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Effectiveness

Art Therapy: A Complementary Treatment for Mental Disorders

Efficacy of imagery rescripting in treating mental disorders associated with aversive memories

The art of healing and healing in art therapy, Gray (2015)

Systematic review and economic modelling of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of art therapy among people with non-psychotic mental health disorders, Uttley (2015) [PDF]

The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Traumatized Adults: A Systematic Review on Art Therapy and Trauma, Schouten et al. (2014) [PDF]

Medical

Art therapy improves mood, and reduces pain and anxiety when offered at bedside during acute hospital treatment, Shella (2017) [PDF]

The role of a community art therapy group for people with chronic pain, O’Neil et al. (2015) [PDF]

Creative art therapy to enhance rehabilitation for stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial, Kongkasuwan (2015) [PDF]

The Applied Effectiveness of Clay Art Therapy for Patients With Parkinson’s Disease, Young-Sil et al. (2018) [PDF]

Mental Health

A Fuller Picture: Evaluating an Art Therapy Programme in a Multi-Disciplinary Mental Health Service, Moss et al. (2017) [PDF]

Art Therapy for Individuals With Borderline Personality: Using a Dialectical Behavior Therapy Framework, Drass (2015) [PDF]

Art therapy for patients with depression – a study of expert opinions concerning main aspects for clinical practice, Blomdahl et al. (2016) [PDF]

Art therapy in mental health: A systematic review of approaches and practices, Lith (2015) [PDF]

Art therapy with a homeless man under the influence of alcohol

Construction of Adam’s Hut: an adaptation of Art Therapy for men living in the special ward of an acute psychiatric hospital in Finland

Material interaction and art product in art therapy assessment in adult mental health, Penzes et al. (2015) [PDF]

Responsive Art Psychotherapy as a component of intervention for severe adolescent mental illness: a case study

The contribution of creative art therapies to promoting mental health: Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to study therapists’ understandings of working with self-stigmatisation. Papagiannaki et al (2016) [PDF]

The effectiveness of art therapy for anxiety in adults: A systematic review of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials, Abbing et al. (2018)

The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in Reducing Internalizing and Externalizing Problems of Female Adolescents, Bazargan et al. (2016) [PDF]

Oncology & Palliative Care

A Pilot Study of a Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy Intervention in Outpatients With Cancer Meghani et al. (2018) [PDF]

Art therapy among palliative cancer patients: Aesthetic dimensions and impacts on symptoms, Lefevre et al. (2015) [PDF]

Art Therapy In Oncology And Palliative Care – Overview Of Empirical Results And A Case Vignette, Gruber (2018)

Changes in the Autonomic Nervous System and Moods of Advanced Cancer Patients by Mindfulness Art Therapy Short Version, Ando et al. (2016) [PDF]

Spectral Houses, the Analyst’s Drawings: Postscript to the Dying Patient in Psychotherapy

Prisons

Impact of Integrated Arts Therapy: An Intervention Program for Young Female Offenders in Correctional Institution, Koiv et al. (2015) [PDF]

Creating an Art Therapy Anger Management Protocol for Male Inmates Through a Collaborative Relationship, Breiner et al. (2011) [PDF]

Projective Tests

Personality Traits and the Expression Area of Synthetic House-Tree-Person Drawings in Early Adolescent Japanese, Kato et al. (2016) [PDF]

Underlying Risk Factors of Personality of Clinical Patients Illustrated Through House Tree Person Test, Rohail (2015) [PDF]

Projective Drawings of Mothers and Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: A Mixed Methods Analysis, Backos et al. (2017) [PDF]

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Schools

Primary-school-based art therapy: exploratory study of changes in children’s social, emotional and mental health, McDonald et al. (2019)

Primary-school-based Art Therapy: A Review of Controlled Studies, McDonald et al. (2017) [PDF]

The effect of art therapy based on painting therapy in reducing symptoms of separation anxiety disorder (SAD) in elementary School Boys, Khadar et al. (2013) [PDF]

Empowering Students Through Creativity: Art Therapy in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Isis et al. (2010) [PDF]

Processes of change in School-based Art Therapy with Children: A systematic qualitative study, Deboys et al. (2016) [PDF]

Strength-Based and Positive Psychology

Using Art Therapy Techniques to Explore Home Life Happiness, Corrigan-Doyle et al. (2016)

Trauma

An art therapy intervention for symptoms of post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety among Syrian refugee children, Ugurlu et al. (2016) [PDF]

Art therapy, arts-based research and transitional stories of domestic violence and abuse, Bird (2017) [PDF]

Evaluating Art Therapy to Heal the Effects of Trauma Among Refugee Youth: The Burma Art Therapy Program Evaluation, Rowe et al. (2016)

Evaluation of long-and short-term art therapy interventions in an integrative care setting for military service members with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury, Kaimal et al. (2019) [PDF]

Expressive Therapy as a Treatment Preference for Aboriginal Trauma, Graham (2013) [PDF]

Out of the Darkness: A Community led Art Psychotherapy Response to the Grenfell Tower Fire

The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in the Treatment of Traumatized Adults: A Systematic Review of Art Therapy and Trauma, Schouten, K.A, de Niet, G.J, Knipscheer, J.W, Kleber, R.J & Hutchemaekers, G.J.M (2014)

Trauma-Focused Art Therapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study, Schouten (2018) [PDF]

Understanding the role art therapy can take in treating veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, Lobban et al. (2019) [PDF]

Veterans’ perspectives on the acceptability of art therapy: a mixed-methods study, Palmer et al. (2017) [PDF]

Other

Eco-Art Therapy: Deepening Connections with the Natural World, Speert (2016) [PDF]

The art of connecting: an exploration of art-based attunement in art psychotherapy

Obituary: Edith Kramer – Mother of Art Therapy

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