Art therapy for people with mental illness: overview of the evidence from empirical research on the effectiveness of the treatment / Salmi Razali

• Main Author: Razali, Salmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Art and Design 2021
• Subjects: Art therapy
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49286/1/49286.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/49286/; https://melaka.uitm.edu.my/ijad/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Art therapy is a technique that uses creative expression to help people explore emotions, develop self-awareness and insight on life experience, overcome stress, increase self-esteem, and enhance social skills. Lately, there has been a growing interest among mental health professionals to prescribe...