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A means for patients to reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, art therapy helps them express unspoken and, frequently, unconscious concerns about their physical and mental challenges. It can also be used to assess individuals, couples, families, and groups. It is particularly effective with children who, often, cannot talk about their most pressing and painful concerns.

The link between art and mental health began to be recognized with the advent of mental institutions in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. Prinzhorn's book, Artistry of the Mentally Ill, published in 1922, with stunning works of art by institutionalized adults, helped ignite inquiries into the spontaneous graphic outpouring of disturbed patients. In addition to interest in the artistic or diagnostic value of the patients' productions, it was also recognized that creating artistic compositions was invaluable in rehabilitating a patient's mental health.

Creative arts like painting, drawing and clay molding helps persons with developmental delays in developing mental as well as physical coordination.

To know more about art therapy for the developmentally delayed, please contact NIDD.

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