title: Introduction to an evaluation of art therapy.
abstract: An analysis of questionary data leads to an assessment of the actual role of art as a form of therapy. Art therapy seems mainly to be used as a form of occupational therapy and as a tool for clinical diagnosis. Only in a few cases is art therapy applied in a different way, taking into account the patient as a subject with his own biography and his own existential problems. Animation and other similar methods may represent an alternative approach.
mesh_terms: D001155:Art Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002359:Cartoons as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D012917:Social Adjustment