Effectiveness of art therapy and complementary tests on the topic of sexual assault
Introduction
The incidence of child abuse and neglect is the epidemic, many abused children have sustained lifelong injuries. A million children in the world are estimated to be abuse or neglect with the several reported incidents increasing in some countries steadily.
Child sexual abuse(CSA), CSA is the use of a child for sexual stimulation by someone who is older or in a position of power on the child(APA. 1998). In 2009, CSA affected approximately 83.810 children in the US(US DHHS, 2007).
Finding the number of people who faced with this problem is really hard, according to the cultures of the victims and specially residents of the Middle East and/or religious …show more content…
2011). Art therapy is used by some therapists to help children speak about their problems and bad memories by creating artworks instead of verbal activities. Actually it is not a novel idea and it was used for the first time in 1980. In this method children and adults can show their feelings in their artworks. Art helps them express their emotions and feelings such as anxiety or fear. It works for the children who have been abused and do not wish to speak about it. (Treatment of child crime victims. Chapter 5.Penny Knapp, Anthony Urquiza, James Kent, Michele Winterstein) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has parallel symptoms with sexual assault such as nightmare or increased arousal. In this case art therapy plays a really important role as a safe place for them and can cover lacking verbal skills. Art therapy has various methods such as graphic narratives, drawing of the treatment events, drawing from dreams and drawing of empowered self. Each of these focuses on something and works in a special case,that covers verbal activates. Due to the exam by Rachel Lev-Wiesel, which includes 10 women and 10 men who were sexual abuse survivors and 10 people who were not, some shapes were same in all of the abused individuals ' painting, such as long belt between the lower and upper body or the eyes being shade. (PTSD & Art Therapy by Enari.
Introduction
The incidence of child abuse and neglect is the epidemic, many abused children have sustained lifelong injuries. A million children in the world are estimated to be abuse or neglect with the several reported incidents increasing in some countries steadily.
Child sexual abuse(CSA), CSA is the use of a child for sexual stimulation by someone who is older or in a position of power on the child(APA. 1998). In 2009, CSA affected approximately 83.810 children in the US(US DHHS, 2007).
Finding the number of people who faced with this problem is really hard, according to the cultures of the victims and specially residents of the Middle East and/or religious …show more content…
2011). Art therapy is used by some therapists to help children speak about their problems and bad memories by creating artworks instead of verbal activities. Actually it is not a novel idea and it was used for the first time in 1980. In this method children and adults can show their feelings in their artworks. Art helps them express their emotions and feelings such as anxiety or fear. It works for the children who have been abused and do not wish to speak about it. (Treatment of child crime victims. Chapter 5.Penny Knapp, Anthony Urquiza, James Kent, Michele Winterstein) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has parallel symptoms with sexual assault such as nightmare or increased arousal. In this case art therapy plays a really important role as a safe place for them and can cover lacking verbal skills. Art therapy has various methods such as graphic narratives, drawing of the treatment events, drawing from dreams and drawing of empowered self. Each of these focuses on something and works in a special case,that covers verbal activates. Due to the exam by Rachel Lev-Wiesel, which includes 10 women and 10 men who were sexual abuse survivors and 10 people who were not, some shapes were same in all of the abused individuals ' painting, such as long belt between the lower and upper body or the eyes being shade. (PTSD & Art Therapy by Enari.