Arts-Based Approaches to Promote Mental Health and Well-Being

This book focuses on arts-based approaches to psychosocial health among children, youth, and their caregivers living in conditions of adversity around the world.

Sara Hommel leads the global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support portfolio, including the Healing and Education through the Arts program, for Save the Children's International Department of Education and Child Protection. Girija Kaimal is Professor and Chair of the Creative Arts Therapies department at Drexel University. Her research examines the physiological and psychological health outcomes of creative visual and narrative self-expression.

1. Healing and Education Through the Arts at Save the Children 2.Growing Through Adversity: Risks and Protective Factors for Children and Their Caregivers 3. Creative Resources: How the Expressive Arts Help Children and Adults Develop and Cope with Adversities 5. HEART in Early Childhood 6. HEART in Childhood 8. 9. The role of HEART in Supporting Staff Well-being 11. Lessons Learned and Looking to the Future