Art and posttraumatic stress: A review of the empirical literature on the therapeutic implications of artwork for war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-390

  Nanda, Upali ^a   Gaydos, H Lea Barbato ^b   Hathorn, Kathy ^a   Watkins, Nicholas ^c  

^a American Art Resources   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HOK ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attention restoration theory; Emotional congruence theory; Evolutionary theory

Indexed keywords

ART; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; VISUALIZATION; WAR;

EID: 77950524173     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916510361874     Document Type: Review

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