[Art Therapists in Health Care].
The members of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Künstlerische Therapien (BAG KT - "Working Committee of Art Therapies of the Federal Republic of Germany") decided to carry out an analysis of the occupational group of art therapists, in the form of an online inquiry. For this purpose, a questionnaire covering all fields of art therapies was developed, recording socio-demographic and qualification data, data of different fields of activity, patient characteristics, institutional conditions and setting as well as data on reimbursement. 2303 evaluable data sets are available. Here, the main focus is on art therapists in the health care sector according to SGB (N=2134). 83% of them are female, 56% work in the field of emergency medicine and curative treatment, followed by rehabilitation and youth welfare. In all sectors, specialization in music and art therapy predominates. 57% of the therapists have a special graduate degree in art therapy methods, 83% have a graduate degree. 42% have a license to work as an alternative non-medical practitioner. Nearly all of them use methods of quality management. The results highlight the implementation of art therapies in health care.
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt, Nürtingen-Geislingen.|Klinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000488:Allied Health Personnel; D001155:Art Therapy; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013038:Specialization