Art Therapy in Pandemics: Lessons for COVID-19. Issue 2 (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Potash, Jordan S.; Kalmanowitz, Debra; Fung, Ivy; Anand, Susan A.; Miller, Gretchen M.
• Is Part Of: Art therapy. Volume 37:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 105
• Page End: 107
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- pandemic -- art therapy -- Ebola -- SARS; Art therapy -- Periodicals; Art Therapy -- Periodicals; 615.85156
• DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2020.1754047
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0742-1656

Abstract

Abstract: To help art therapists work effectively with the realities of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), this special report brings together art therapists who have experience working in pandemics (Ebola, SARS), attending to health professionals, and building creative virtual communities. Art therapists can support recommended public health psychosocial guidelines by disseminating information, promoting expression and inspiration, challenging stigma, modulating media input, securing family connections, monitoring secondary traumatic stress, developing coping and resilience, maintaining relationships, and amplifying hope.