Support for a neurobiological view of trauma with implications for art therapy

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-153

  Gantt, Linda ^a   Tinnin, Louis W ^a  

^a Intensive Trauma Therapy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Art therapy; Dissociation; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 67349117658     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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