Nonverbal communication and its place in the therapy session

Mohacsy, Ildiko

doi:10.1016/0197-4556(94)00060-5

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“…Art psychotherapy is a form of psychotherapy that integrates creative processes and psychotherapeutic techniques. It uses art expression as a prime mode of communication; it conveys thoughts and feelings that cannot be explained verbally as an aesthetic product [31]. Images produced in art psychotherapy enhance the communication ability of inherent powers [32].…”

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The Effects of Adding Art Therapy to Ongoing Antidepressant Treatment in Moderate-to-Severe Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Study

Lee

Choi

Shin

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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This randomized controlled study aimed to investigate the effects of art psychotherapy on moderate-to-severe major depressive disorder (MDD). Forty-two MDD patients were recruited from a psychiatric outpatient clinic in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. Participants were allocated on a randomized, open-label basis to either an experimental group, wherein they were treated with art psychotherapy added to pharmacotherapy, or a control group, wherein they were treated with pharmacotherapy alone. Pre- and post-test measures of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and remission rates were measured. The results indicate that patients treated with art psychotherapy and ongoing pharmacotherapy showed slightly greater improvement when compared with pharmacotherapy alone in moderate-to-severe MDD. These results suggest that art psychotherapy could be an effective add-on strategy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe MDD. However, a rigorous test would facilitate a better understanding of art psychotherapy as an add-on strategy for MDD treatment.

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confidence: 99%