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Committee approves LASALLE Masters of Art Therapy in Singapore for ANZATA professional membership
The Accreditation sub-committee has the role of approving courses. We have exciting news LASALLE Masters of Art Therapy (Singapore) have submitted all documentation for assessment. Maureen, Joanna and Megan are pleased to announce that La Salle graduates are completing an approved ANZATA course. We would like to thank Elizabeth Coss for her excellent work in completing all accreditation protocols. It is wonderful to now have another Masters of Art Therapy course approved by ANZATA.
To find out more about the LASALLE College of the Arts and the Masters of Art Therapy that they offer please go to www.lasalle.edu.org.
Art Therapy Articles of Interest to Members
Sweeney, Susan. (2009) Art therapy: promoting wellbeing in rural and remote communities, Australasian
Psychiatry, 17(1), S151 — S154
Springham, N. (2008) Through the eyes of the law: What is it about art that can harm people? International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape. 13(2) December. UK: Routledge
Summary of article by Jill Westwood 2009
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Woods, Kate. (2009) Appreciating Art Therapy. Medical Observer, 10 July 2009
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MATISSE PROJECT
A study of art therapy with people with schizophrenia at Imperial College London
A team of researchers from Goldsmith’s College, University of London, University of Bath, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and University College London are conducting an NHS funded randomised trial of group art therapy and activity groups for people with schizophrenia. Findings from this trial will be used to inform the development of treatment services for people with severe mental illness. Organisers are interested in talking to people within your service who have schizophrenia.
Despite the widespread use of art therapy for people with schizophrenia little research has been conducted to explore its effects.
A multi-centre study of group art therapy is therefore being conducted among people with schizophrenia. Participants will be recruited from mental health services and randomised to one of three interventions: group art therapy plus standard care; a place in an activity group plus standard care; or standard care alone.
All groups will run weekly for 12 months and participants’ health and social functioning will be assessed every six months for two years so as to investigate the effects of art therapy when added to standard care. Effects of group art therapy will be compared with those of a control group where participants are encouraged to interact socially but do not receive psychotherapy. It will also be possible to examine whether any differences in outcomes persist one year after the end of the interventions.
For more information about this project please go to http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/neuro/npmdepts/psychmed/matisse.
The International Arts Therapies Journal (Online)
The International Arts Therapies Journal (Online), ISSN: 1476-2900, was established in 2001 by Susan Hogan in collaboration with Peter Hutchinson, & Graham Dickerson, and is about to have an expanded editorial team.
It is open access and completely free of charge and includes a refereed journal, reports and research area.We are currently looking for book reviewers and for reports and articles. Please get in touch if you feel you can contribute something. The journal publishes work on art, drama, music and DMT.
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