The next edition of FUSION, the publication from the Art Therapy Alliance and the International Art Therapy Organization, will be out in April 2010. If you haven’t already, check out Fusion Volume 2.
Any suggestions for topics you’d like to see discussed in the next issue’s Features Section?
As a therapist, I think it’s important to stay connected with the struggle our clients face when coming forward about past abuse, learning ways to manage symptoms and then maintaining the ability to cope in a healthier way. Here are 3 blogs written by survivors that I find candid, honest and insightful:
My Moster Has a [...]
Johanna Heldebro’s graduate thesis for New York City’s School of Visual Arts were photographs of her father, helping her to process his sudden divorce from her mom. The photographs were taken without her father knowing, during visits Johanna took from NY to Stockholm. Read more about her work here.
Crazy Art will be shown at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010.
Sneak Peek:
Monday, Feb 8th 10am @ Victoria Hall Theater
33 West Victoria Street, Santa Barbara
Premiere:
Wednesday, Feb 10th 5pm @ Lobero Theater
33 East Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara
Q+A following with Artists, Director, and panel of mental health experts.
Taken from Science Daily, here are some articles that got me thinking. Hopefully you’ll find them inspirational too.
2006: A study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management found that art therapy can reduce a broad spectrum of symptoms related to pain and anxiety in cancer patients.
2008: Art Therapy Useful to Treat Mental [...]
This list of revisions is not final. See the APA DSM-5’s website for further details.
Structural, Cross-Cutting, & General Classification Issues for DSM-5
Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, and Other Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition Not Elsewhere Classified
Substance-Related Disorders
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Mood Disorders
Anxiety [...]
Check out this BBC visual article, In pictures: Haiti’s art after the quake
Origami with the da Vinci Surgical System (Robot Origami) from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine, Kanazawa University, Japan. Norihiko Ishikawa, MD, PhD. The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., NASDAQ – ISRG) is a sophisticated robotic platform designed to enable complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. Intuitive Surgical’s mission is to bring [...]
