Evaluation of a brief art psychotherapy group for adults suffering from mild to moderate depression: Pilot pre, post and follow-up study

Zubala, Ania; MacIntyre, Donald J.; Karkou, Vicky

doi:10.1080/17454832.2016.1250797

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“…The article by Dafna Regev and Rotem Patishi uses experimental and quantitative methods to elucidate the relationships between art, child and parent in joint drawing tasks. It represents another example of a measured evaluation approach used in the study of Art Therapy, as can be seen in other articles in this journal such as those by Wood, Low, Molassiotis, and Tookman (2013) and Zubala, Macintyre, and Karkou (2017). In that respect, it offers a structure to and perspective on the phenomena of art creation which can enrich other approaches and clinical experience.…”

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International Journal of Art Therapy

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“…The overview of the literature revealed that there were wide ranging theoretical frames of reference and practice principles. Most of these studies were brief group-based therapies, utilising group theoretical practices (Ponteri, 2001 ; Chandraiah et al, 2012 ; Zubala et al, 2017 ; Blomdahl et al, 2018 ; Ciasca et al, 2018 ; Ilali et al, 2018 ; Haslam et al, 2019 ). While a number of studies investigated dyadic approaches (Goldstein-Roca and Crisafulli, 1994 ; Trombetta, 2007 ), these were the exception.…”

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“…Often the art focus was held in a supportive structure with an initial direction or theme provided, and space for verbal reflection, while the space for art making was openly explorative. For example, Zubala et al ( 2017 ) took a structured approach and focused on person-centered interventions alongside psychodynamic principles. Ilali et al ( 2018 ) also describe an art focus however is less openly explorative and more directive, with a specific thematic goal specified at the outset, while our study offered a synthesis of both talking therapies and creative approaches was trialed to create a new pluralistic “meta-approach” of therapy (Haslam et al, 2019 ).…”

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Drawing on Dialogues in Arts-Based Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (ADIT) for Complex Depression: A Complex Intervention Development Study Using the Medical Research Council (UK) Phased Guidance

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Aim: The aim of this paper is to present the development and evaluation of an art psychotherapy brief treatment method for complex depression for patients referred to mental health services.Background: Art Psychotherapy literature describes a range of processes of relational change through the use of arts focused and relationship focused interventions. Complex depression has a prevalence of 3% of the population in the West and it is recorded that in 2016 only 28% of that population were receiving psychological treatment. This study was developed to test the hypothesis of whether an accessible and acceptable approach to the treatment of complex depression could be developed in relation to existing evidence-based practice within mental health services.Method: The United Kingdom Medical Research Council phased guidance for complex intervention development was used (Phases I and II) to develop the intervention. The process included producing a literature overview, systematic description of clinical practice, including a logic model and a clinical protocol. The art psychotherapy protocol described an arts-based dynamic interpersonal therapy approach (ADIT), offered 1:1 over 24 sessions. Further to this the intervention was tested for referrer acceptability. The intervention is in the early stages of evaluation, using changes to the patient's depression and anxiety measured pre- and post-treatment with a follow-up measure at 3 months following completion of treatment.Results: Phase I of the study provided a good basis for developing a logic model and protocol. The authors found that there was good clinical consensus about the use of a structured clinical art psychotherapy method (ADIT) and the literature overview was used to support specific examples of good practice. The verification of clinical coherence was represented by a logic model and clinical protocol for delivering the intervention. The acceptability study demonstrated very high levels of acceptability for referrers reporting that (i) ADIT was acceptable for patients with complex/major depression, (ii) that they were likely to refer to ADIT in the future (iii) that the use of arts was likely to improve accessibility (iv) the use of arts was likely to improve outcomes and (v) that offering ADIT was an effective use of mental health resources.Discussion: Phase I of this intervention development study (following MRC guidance) demonstrated theoretical and practice coherence resulting in a clinical protocol and logic model. Whilst Phase II of this study showed promising results, Phase II would need to be sufficiently scaled up to a full trial to further test the intervention and protocol.

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“…In art therapy, non-verbal communication and creative expression are central to the psychotherapeutic process (Zubala et al, 2017). When an image is created, an inner dialogue begins to form a space where it is possible to meet oneself .…”

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“…An overview by Zubala et al (2014) showed that the most common diagnosis leading to art therapy was depression. There is a growing evidence base that art therapy can be effective when treating depression Chandraiah et al, 2012;Zubala et al, 2017). Nan and Ho (2017) study showed that art therapy with clay facilitated emotion regulation, especially depressive symptoms.…”

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Recovery From Depression—A 6-Month Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Study of Manual-Based Phenomenological Art Therapy for Persons With Depression

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Manual-based phenomenological art therapy (PATd) was developed to facilitate recovery from depression. The study's aim was to investigate whether improvements were maintained 6 months after PATd was completed. In a randomized controlled study design, persons diagnosed with moderate or severe depression (n ¼ 85) were invited to take part; n ¼ 79 participated and were allocated either to intervention (n ¼ 43) or control (n ¼ 36). The control group received treatment as usual, while the intervention received PATd in addition to treatment as usual. Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests, t-tests, and regression models were employed. Reduced depression, improvements in self-esteem, suicide ideation, and returning to work were sustained in the 6month follow-up. This study indicates that PATd supports more rapid recovery, while improvement is sustained over time.

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Evaluation of a brief art psychotherapy group for adults suffering from mild to moderate depression: Pilot pre, post and follow-up study

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Drawing on Dialogues in Arts-Based Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (ADIT) for Complex Depression: A Complex Intervention Development Study Using the Medical Research Council (UK) Phased Guidance

Recovery From Depression—A 6-Month Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Study of Manual-Based Phenomenological Art Therapy for Persons With Depression

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