Art: An unlikely form of army therapy

"Outside of the NHS, the charity Combat Stress is the biggest provider of support to armed forces veterans with conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety.

Art therapy is one of the treatments it uses. Drawing, sculpting and painting are helping patients manage their symptoms with great success.

'Traumatic memories take a different path from our normal memories and tend to be frozen in the body in the central nervous system,' explains Janice Lobban, who has been a trauma therapist at Combat Stress for the past 10 years.

'When a trauma happens, the person will react to get through the experience, but it leaves the trauma unprocessed.' . . . . Art therapy, therefore, aims to help people express themselves unconsciously and process the meaning afterwards."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  BBC News
On:  11/11/11
Website:  http://www.bbc.co.uk

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