Promoting health through creativity for professionals in health, arts and education

Promoting health through creativity for professionals in health, arts and education

This book is about redefining the value to health of creativity. Creativity derives from biological changes during human evolution as a tool that is needed for survival. The successful use of creativity generates feelings of pleasure and self-esteem that are beneficial to health. In particular, it c...

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Other Authors: Schmid, Therese (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London and Philadelphia Whurr Publishers 2005
Subjects:
Occupational Therapy
Sensory Art Therapies > methods
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