Arts Therapies in the Treatment of Depression

Ania Zubala, PhD, is a health researcher who explores the role of arts and arts therapies for holistically-understood wellbeing, particularly in the context of remote communities and aging populations. She is a research fellow in health psychology and digital health at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland. Vicky Karkou, PhD, is a professor at Edge Hill University leading the research theme of arts and wellbeing. She is an educator, researcher and dance movement psychotherapist, widely published in peer-reviewed journals and books, and a co-editor of the international journal Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy.

Arts therapies’ response to the global crisis of depression: Current research and future developments Ania Zubala & Vicky Karkou

Part I. Arts therapies with children and adolescents experiencing depression






Music therapy and depression in primary-aged children: Reflections on case work and assessment in a residential child and family psychiatric unit Amelia Oldfield



Art therapy to address emotional well-being of children who have experienced stress and/or trauma Unnur Óttarsdóttir



Reducing depressive symptoms in adolescents with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder using drama therapy Elizabeth McAdam & David Read Johnson



Movement-based arts therapy for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Badr Alrazain, Ania Zubala & Vicky Karkou

Part II. Arts therapies with adults experiencing depression






Collaborative discourse analysis on the use of drama therapy to treat depression in adults Nisha Sajnani, Aileen Cho, Heidi Landis, Gary Raucher & Nadya Trytan



An essence of the therapeutic process in an art therapy group for adults experiencing depression: Therapy process mapping Ania Zubala



Embodied treatment of depression: The development of a dance movement therapy model Päivi Pylvänäinen



Reversing a sub-cultural norm: Art therapy in treating depression in prison inmates David E. Gussak & Ashley Beck



Music therapy clinical practice and research for people with depression: Music, brain processing and music therapy Helen Odell-Miller, Jörg Fachner & Jaakko Erkkilä



Photo-therapy in the treatment of patients with depression in a clinical setting: Development and evaluation through a Randomised Controlled Trial
Kathrin Seifert

Part III. Arts therapies with those experiencing depression in later life






Art therapy with the older person: One life, many losses Jane Burns



Dramatherapy in working with people with dementia: The need for playfulness in creative ageing as an antidote for depression and isolation Sue Jennings



Dance movement therapy research and evidence-based practice for older people with depression Iris Bräuninger



Perspectives on research and clinical practice in music therapy for older people with depression Jasmin Eickholt, Monika Geretsegger & Christian Gold



Assessment and therapeutic application of the Expressive Therapies Continuum in music therapy: The case of Anna with cancer-related depression Jana Duhovska, Vija Bergs Lusebrink & Kristīne Mārtinsone