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Thesis
Art therapy: a complementary approach to existing substance abuse prevention programs
Master of Arts (M.A.), Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University
01 May 1996
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-1089
Abstract
This literature review addresses art therapy as a possible complementary approach to existing prevention and early intervention programs designed to eliminate or deter gateway drug use. It was the author's hypothesis that a review of the literature would support the use of art therapy in prevention programming targeted towards latency aged children from urban environments. Available literature was reviewed in order to provide statistics and current incidence of marijuana, alcohol and nicotine use throughout the United States. The gateway drug abuse theory, risk factors which cause children to be vulnerable to drug use, and characteristics of latency aged children and urban environments are explored in this literature review. Effective approaches to prevention programming and issues in health care reform are addressed. Also included in the review of the literature are current parameters in art therapy in the treatment of chemical dependency. The discussion will involve practical approaches and art therapy techniques used by the author when working with children to prevent drug abuse in the urban community. It appears that art therapy could provide latency aged, urban children with an alternate means of communication, thereby enhancing existing methods, techniques and processes of early intervention programs targeting gateway drug abuse.
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Details
- Title
- Art therapy
- Creators
- Susan E. Casper - DH
- Contributors
- Ronald Edwin Hays (Advisor) - DH
- Awarding Institution
- Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Publisher
- Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mental Health Sciences [Historical]; Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University (1993-1996, 1998-2002); School of Health Sciences and Humanities (1993-1996); Creative Arts in Therapy [Historical]
- Other Identifier
- 1089; 991014632234704721