'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome

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'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome

Responding to a call for quantitative outcome evidence about the therapeutic relationship between creative activity and mental health, this study examined the mental health outcomes of inpatients participating in art- and craft-based creative therapies at a private psychiatric hospital over a 5-year...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Caddy, L., Crawford, Frances, Page, A.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5477

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