Medical Art Therapy Research Moves Forward: A Review of Clay Manipulation With Parkinson’s Disease

Elkis-Abuhoff, Deborah; Gaydos, Morgan

doi:10.1080/07421656.2018.1483162

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“…Clay is a medium that requires direct visceral, sensual and physical involvement—its main tool is touch, known as haptic perception (Elbrecht and Antcliff 2014). The sensorimotor engagement in clay work is believed to enhance brain plasticity and strengthen dopamine pathways (Elkis-Abuhoff and Gaydos 2018), while the kinesthetic action of working with clay releases tension (Hinz 2020). Furthermore, art therapists have long witnessed the creation of clay objects in art therapy as profound moments of transformation and meaning making (ie, Rubin 2012; Sholt and Gavron 2006; Geller 2013; Bar-On 2007).…”

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Understanding the value of art prompts in an online narrative medicine workshop: an exploratory-descriptive focus group study

Choe

2022

Med Humanities

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Narrative medicine is an interdisciplinary field that complements and expands on conventional healthcare training by supporting narrative competence skills and creativity derived from the arts and humanities domains to address the needs of healthcare providers and receivers. With the COVID-19 pandemic having had a profound impact on the healthcare workforce with an already high burn-out rate, multimodal arts interventions may help address the holistic dimensions of well-being. While empirical evidence supports the use of arts-based interventions in promoting healthcare workers’ well-being and personal growth, art prompts are underexplored and underused in narrative medicine. Moreover, protocols and frameworks adopted in extant research on this topic are inconsistent, resulting in replication and validation challenges. These issues have motivated this exploratory-descriptive study with 11 narrative medicine practitioners to examine the use of short art prompts in an online narrative medicine workshop.The art prompts leveraged art therapy’s Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) model, which uses the inherent properties of art materials, media and methods to elicit specific levels of information processing and creative experiences. The study aimed to understand how art prompts differ from writing prompts and explore the value art prompts could add to narrative medicine if any. Qualitative analyses revealed that art prompts in narrative medicine increase positive feelings and promote creativity and insight. Specifically, art prompts allowed participants to use sensorimotor functions, enter a flow-like state, be challenged and inspired by novelty and uncertainty, and experience a sense of play and personal discovery.

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Understanding the value of art prompts in an online narrative medicine workshop: an exploratory-descriptive focus group study

Choe

2022

Med Humanities

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“…It may include, but is not limited to, drawing, painting, sculpture, clay manipulation, photography, digital art, mosaic, among many others (Fig. 4) [98][99][100][101].…”

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If Art Were a Drug: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease

Gros,

Spee,

Bloem

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JPD

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Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic and complex neurodegenerative disorder. Conventional pharmacological or surgical therapies alone are often insufficient at adequately alleviating disability. Moreover, there is an increasing shift toward person-centered care, emphasizing the concept of “living well”. In this context, arts-based interventions offer great promise, functioning as platforms for creative expression that could provide novel mechanisms to promote quality of life. Here we present a qualitative review of arts-based interventions for PD, including music, dance, drama, visual arts, and creative writing. For each, we discuss their applications to PD, proposed mechanisms, evidence from prior studies, and upcoming research. We also provide examples of community-based projects. Studies to date have had relatively small sample sizes, but their findings suggest that arts-based interventions have the potential to reduce motor and non-motor symptoms. They may also empower people with PD and thereby address issues of self-esteem, foster personal problem-solving, and augment holistic well-being. However, there is a paucity of research determining optimal dosage and symptom-specific benefits of these therapies. If art were a drug, we would have to perform appropriately powered studies to provide these data before incorporating it into routine patient care. We therefore call for further research with properly designed studies to offer more rigorous and evidence-based support for what we intuitively think is a highly promising approach to support individuals living with PD. Given the possible positive impact on people’s lives, arts-based approaches merit further development and, if proven to be effective, systematic inclusion within integrated management plans.

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Art therapy and older adults

Partridge

2022

Foundations of Art Therapy

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Medical Art Therapy Research Moves Forward: A Review of Clay Manipulation With Parkinson’s Disease

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

Understanding the value of art prompts in an online narrative medicine workshop: an exploratory-descriptive focus group study

Understanding the value of art prompts in an online narrative medicine workshop: an exploratory-descriptive focus group study

If Art Were a Drug: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease

Art therapy and older adults

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