Methods and Timeframe Benefits of Art Therapy on Cancer Patients
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200321.019How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- art therapy, cancer, therapeutic
- Abstract
The article is a literature review of art therapy on cancer patients, focused on the method and the benefits shown in practice. We compare previous research of art therapy on cancer patients. Our aim is to explore the benefits of art therapy in term of timeframe. The research questions are: a) How the cancer patients feel for the benefit of art therapy, and b) When and for how long the patients feel the benefits of art therapy: is it only during the therapy or continue afterwards. Many researches explores the positive impact of art therapy to the cancer patient’s psychological health. Art therapy had proven to help reducing depression, anxiety, and physical pain of the cancer patients. Previous studies have shown that psychological benefits last only during therapy, but thereafter there are indications of pain reduction in patients. Other studies have shown that there is a decrease in anxiety and depression symptoms over a longer duration of time. The implication of this literature review is to develop efficient and effective art therapy programs that focused on the benefits on the cancer patients, their caregivers, and medical staffs.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yunita Setyoningrum AU - Shirly Nathania Suhanjoyo AU - Amanda Muliati PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/24 TI - Methods and Timeframe Benefits of Art Therapy on Cancer Patients BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Arts and Design Education (ICADE 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 84 EP - 86 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200321.019 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200321.019 ID - Setyoningrum2020 ER -