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		<description><![CDATA[Cyberpresse &#124; Le Soleil  
vendredi 16 février 2007&#160;
Aquarelle créée par Samuel, un octogénaire atteint d’Alzheimer.
L&#8217;art contre l&#8217;alzheimer
Régis Tremblay
Le Soleil
Dans le brouillard où s’avance ce malade atteint d’Alzheimer perce soudain une lumière, un espoir&#8230; Cette lueur le guide vers une éclaircie&#8230; vers quelqu’un : lui-même ! Ce rayon d’espoir, c’est l’art.
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		<title>Self-Injury: One Family&#8217;s Story</title>
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A mother and daughter tell their story about self-harm and how they finally got the strength to get help. 
By Jeanie Lerche Davis WebMD Feature 	Reviewed By Cynthia Haines, MD  
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		<title>Art therapy for disease: Eurhythmy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DNA &#8211; Evolutions &#8211; Art therapy for disease: Eurhythmy &#8211; Daily News &#38; Analysis  
Art therapy for disease: Eurhythmy

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HYDERABAD: Music, dance, sculpture, painting, speech and movement can supplement medical treatment in different diseases.
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Art therapy can reduce pain and anxiety in cancer patients (press release)
Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 by NewsTarget
Key concepts: cancer, cancer patients and anxiety. 
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		<title>Art fights Alzheimer&#8217;s Assisted-living center uses painting to stir imaginations of dementia patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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&#160;BY ALEJANDRO LAZO
Newsday Staff Writer
July 16, 2006
Norman Davidson&#8217;s memories are like the scenic watercolors he creates: moments frozen in the instant, imbued with the color of his sentimental interpretation.
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		<title>Qld flying doctor recruits art therapist for outback communities</title>
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Last Update: Monday, July 17, 2006. 1:00pm (AEST)Queensland&#8217;s Royal Flying Doctor Service is using an innovative technique to help improve the emotional well-being of rural and remote communities.
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		<title>When Art Imitates Pain, It Can Help Heal, a Therapy Group Finds</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Art Imitates Pain, It Can Help Heal, a Therapy Group Finds &#8211; New York Times
When Art Imitates Pain, It Can Help Heal, a Therapy Group Finds
(First published : July 14, 2005)
The psychologist handed a painting by Frida Kahlo to a woman in a group therapy session for depression recently at a Brooklyn hospital. &#34;I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arttherapy.wordpress.com&blog=158713&post=183&subd=arttherapy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art Therapy Helps Children Affected by Cancer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art Therapy  
From OncoLog, December 2003, Vol. 48, No. 12
Art Therapy Helps Children Affected by Cancer Express Their Emotions
by Karen Stuyck
Simple lines, bright colors, and primitive shapes give the artwork a decidedly childlike quality, but the scenes the young artists portray are disturbing—a floating house, a person jumping from a burning airplane, a sinister [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arttherapy.wordpress.com&blog=158713&post=177&subd=arttherapy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Arts in Cancer</title>
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Written by Andrea Roane
Created:5/18/2006 8:06:19 AM
Last Updated:5/18/2006 1:28:50 PM
In a study by researchers at Northwestern University&#8217;s Feinberg School of Medicine, cancer patients reported a significant reduction in anxiety and depression after an hour long session with an art therapist.
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
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You Are What You Eat
Originally uploaded by 	Christi Nielsen.


The photo diary of a woman struggling with food. The visual message is most powerful.
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