Roza Zadeh#, Jigar Jogia*
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.3, pp. 309-326, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.022491
Abstract There are over thirty million refugees globally with severe experiences of trauma. Art therapy intervention allows
for nonverbal expression and could alleviate mental health symptomatology among refugees. The present review’s
aim was to integrate and summarize the previous research which examined the effects of visual arts on alleviating
psychological conditions of refugees. However, due to the paucity of studies which solely used visual arts, we
included studies that used visual arts alongside other modalities as part of an expressive arts therapy intervention.
The present review synthesizes studies that examined the effect of art therapy on mental health issues of refugees… More >
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