Presentation Year

2017

Depreciated Participant

Eve S. FreedmanSocial WorkGraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), as much as 10 to 15 percent of American teenagers experience symptoms of depression at any one given time (2014). Research has shown that mindfulness methods and art therapy methods have both proven themselves useful in treating this disease, but there is little research that has delved into the possible benefits of combining these two methodologies. This project combines these two forms of coping skills into one curriculum for use in school or therapeutic settings aimed at helping adolescents find outlets for dealing with their depression. That's the goal of this project: the creation of a mindfulness and art therapy guidebook.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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322

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