title: Future images: an art intervention with suicidal adolescents.
abstract: In this study, the effectiveness of an art future-image intervention (AFI) designed to increase self-esteem, improve future time perspective, and decrease depression in hospitalized suicidal adolescents was tested. A pretest-posttest time series design was used with two groups, an experimental group and an attention placebo group. The experimental group, although hospitalized for a shorter length of time (p = .08), showed greater positive changes than the placebo group. Both groups improved on all measures during and after hospitalization. Experimental participant enthusiasm, shorter hospitalization, and positive comments at follow-up warrant continued testing and refinement of the AFI.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville 27858-4353.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D001155:Art Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012649:Self Concept; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*