Purpose Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Cancer
negatively affects individuals' quality of life and overall health. Mindfulness-based …

In the year 2000, an important art therapy literature review addressed an essential question—
does art therapy work? It discussed 17 articles dealing with the issue of the effectiveness of …

Visual art represents a powerful resource for mental and physical well-being. However, little
is known about the underlying effects at a neural level. A critical question is whether visual …

Purpose While there is increasing evidence for the effectiveness of psychosocial support
programs for cancer patients, little attention has been paid to creativity or art as a way of …

Patients with dementias commonly experience neuropsychiatric symptoms that diminish
their quality of life. Pharmacologic treatments for these symptoms are limited in their efficacy …

Abstract Purpose of Review Many people living with cancer use complementary therapies,
and some of the most popular are mind-body therapies (MBTs), including relaxation and …

Background. Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer. However, only a few
trials assess the effects of arts therapies. Material and Methods. We searched the Cochrane …

The aim of this methodological paper is to describe and apply qualitative content analysis to
a psychodynamic art psychotherapy context, and to give an example of the procedures used …

The past three decades have seen multiple reports of people with neurodegenerative
disorders, or other forms of changes in their brains, who also show putative changes in how …

This study examined whether the creation of a mandala has specific efficacy for reducing
negative mood states. A convenience sample of 67 adult participants was randomly …