Art therapy for “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: PTSD” In veterans

Abstract

               The research on art therapy for “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: PTSD” in veterans had three objectives: 1.to study a symptom of PTSD in veterans by art therapy, 2. to study a therapy process for PTSD in veterans by art therapy, and 3. to study a confirmation of art therapy for PTSD in veterans. The descriptive research and qualitative research were applied for this study process. There were 4 steps of this research: 1. study with an in-depth interview on the behavior and emotional by individual monitoring the veterans, 2. applied the art therapy process while observing their response, 3.collecting the data from those sample, and 4. analyzing and summary the finding of art therapy for PTSD in veterans. The findings of this study were as follows: 1.The symptoms of veterans beyond art therapy, they were able to understand their upset and unhappiness, which in-depth in their mind, and also understand root of their problems. The veteran’s patients were scared to behave, stress, and distracted the others. 2. The therapy process for PTSD in veterans by art therapy had 3 steps. First, supporting positive thinking to the patients. Second, applied art therapy to the patients for opening their mindset and creative thinking, and third therapy with artwork. 3.The confirmation of art therapy for PTSD in veterans shown that the patients could create artwork. They fill happy with their work even they didn’t think that they could do it. They could learn a new thing and decrease their heard pain, and they could fill appreciate, happy with art activities. This circumstantial shown that art therapy was accuracy, appropriately, possibility, and utility while the sample were satisfied at a high level.