{"id":2188,"date":"2019-12-16T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:27:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T09:27:45","slug":"master-my-demons-art-therapy-montage-paintings-by-active-duty-military-service-members-with-traumatic-brain-injury-and-post-traumatic-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/2019\/12\/16\/master-my-demons-art-therapy-montage-paintings-by-active-duty-military-service-members-with-traumatic-brain-injury-and-post-traumatic-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Master My Demons\u2019: Art Therapy Montage Paintings by Active-Duty Military Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Article Summary by Melissa S. Walker, Marygrace Berberian and Girija Kaimal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of a four-week intensive outpatient program for traumatic brain injury and associated psychological health conditions to include post-traumatic stress, military service members (SMs) engage in group and individual art therapy treatment sessions led by credentialed art therapists. In the fourth week, SMs are invited to create \u201cmontage paintings,\u201d canvases layered with mixed media to represent a theme of the SMs\u2019 choosing. The authors of \u2018Master My Demons\u2019 coded 240 montage paintings and their associated clinical notes for theme using qualitative thematic analysis methods. Findings suggested that \u201cthe group art therapy experiences fostered improvement in interpersonal relatedness, hopefulness and gratification for the service members in treatment, aiding in externalisation, progressive exposure and construction of a trauma narrative imperative for recovery.\u201d When correlated with themes found in a similar study of masks made in the first week of care, the team observed increased self-awareness and socialisation, increased patriotism, increased pleasure from art making, greater awareness of psychological distress and decreased reporting of depression and anxiety\u00a0 (Berberian, Walker &amp; Kaimal, 2018).<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the clip below:<\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2188-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/files\/2019\/12\/Walker-Melissa-S-Master-My-Demons.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/files\/2019\/12\/Walker-Melissa-S-Master-My-Demons.m4a\">https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/medical-humanities\/files\/2019\/12\/Walker-Melissa-S-Master-My-Demons.m4a<\/a><\/audio><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article Summary by Melissa S. Walker, Marygrace Berberian and Girija Kaimal As part of a four-week intensive outpatient program for traumatic brain injury and associated psychological health conditions to include post-traumatic stress, military service members (SMs) engage in group and individual art therapy treatment sessions led by credentialed art therapists. 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