• hopelessness

• low self-esteem

Researched group:

• if I perform the research a group of people who are not diagnosed but have depressive tendencies might be easier

until 31.1 reconsider RQ

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EDIT:

after talking to my supervisor I am going back to my original quesstion

“Art Therapy - the British Association of Art Therapists.” The British Association of Art Therapists, BAAT, 2015, baat.org/art-therapy/. Accessed 20 Mar. 2024.

“an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psycho-therapeutic relationship”- American Art Therapy Association

“About Art Therapy.” American Art Therapy Association, June 2017, arttherapy.org/about-art-therapy/. Accessed 20 Mar. 2024.

• not enough systematic reviews

• mainly drawing + painting

• also useful for diagnostic purposes

• historically most useful = painting + drawing (British Association of Art Therapists)

• functions of art therapy (American Art Therapy Association) - fostering self-esteem, self-awareness

• literature from 2006 -> Is it still relevant?

• drawing / painting => blind drawing, spiral drawings, drawing moods, self-portraits

depression + anxiety

• art therapy "significantly decreases" depression symptoms

• Art painting therapy allows patients to express themselves in an acceptable manner

conflict of interest

• authors declare research conducted in the absence of commercial/financial relationship

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• type - randomized, controlled, single-blind study

• objective- evaluate is beneficial as an ad on to treatment for depression in old people

• participants

  • elderly women w MDD on pharmacotherapy

  • 56 participants

  • had to have had a lifetime MDD diagnosis

  • 60<

• method

  • experimental group (EG) had 20 weekly (90 mins) art therapy sessions

  • control group (CG) no changes

  • evaluated against geriatric depression scale (GDS), beck depression inventory (BDI), beck anxiety inventory (BAI), "cognitive measures" (what is that?)

• results - EG = significant improvement in scores as opposed to CG, no diff in cognitive measures

• conclusion - art therapy can improve symptoms of anxiety + depression

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• depressed mood

• loss of interest in pleasurable activities

• common symptoms - fatigue, sleep disturbance, anxiety, guilt,

• potential symptoms not addressed by pharmacotherapy / made worse

• very low requirement for diagnosis

• different types of depressive episodes:

  • w melancholic features

  • atypical features

stated that self-esteem refers to individual’s perception or subjective appraisal

of one’s own self-worth, one’s feelings of self-respect and self-confidence and

the extent to which the individual holds positive or negative views about self.

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