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an essential quality of museum-based art therapy that supported healing and therapeutic change. Implications of the study are presented as three interrelated areas that emerged as important considerations for future research and partnerships between art therapists and museums. These topics include poetic verse as art-based inquiry; empathetic imagination in community art therapy; and an organizational structure for museum-based art therapy
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=expressive_dissertations
Art therapy isn’t for everyone. While high levels of creativity or artistic ability aren’t necessary for art therapy to be successful,10 many adults who believe they are not creative or artistic might be resistant or skeptical of the process.
In addition, art therapy has not been found effective for all types of mental health conditions. For example, one meta-analysis found that art therapy is not effective in reducing positive or negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-art-therapy-2795755
The most important thing is that you should try art therapy only if you want it. Expressing yourself through art can be self-revealing and sometimes equally painful as talking. So, if you still don’t feel ready to try it, that is okay.
- More than 3 million Thais live with poor mental health;
- Every 9 mins 55 secs, one person attempts suicide;
- Every two hours, one person is pronounced dead as a result of suicide;
- More than 50,000 people attempted suicide in 2018;
- There were 4,134 deaths registered as suicides in 2018;
- Not all deaths were reported owing to stigmatization;
- The government-run suicide hotline received 800,000 calls in 2018;
- Less than 20% of the calls were answered by the hotline owing to a limited number of staff and lines.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/mental-health-investment-thailand/
The study notes that while Thailand has made important progress in addressing child and adolescent mental health especially in national policy and legislation as well as specific response in the health sector, there are still crucial gaps in addressing adolescent mental health such as inadequate budget, limited coordination among different service sectors as well as insufficient psychiatrists and skilled workforce across all sectors.
About eight in 10 Thai consumers have experienced mental health issues in the past six months, with stress (46%), insomnia (32%) and anxiety (28%)