Mandala drawings as an assessment tool for women with breast cancer

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 231-238

  Elkis Abuhoff, Deborah ^a   Gaydos, Morgan ^b   Goldblatt, Robert ^c   Chen, Marie ^d   Rose, Sage ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Northwell Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Breast cancer; Mandala drawings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DRAWING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 68949192842     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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