Art Therapy for Depression Patients

On April 30, the U.S. Department of Defense held a seminar and exhibition titled 'Art Therapy' in Washington, focusing on the effectiveness of art in treating injured soldiers. Prior to this, a research group in California and New York was jointly conducting a project to sample the application of 'art therapy.' Art therapy is not a new phenomenon in treating patients, but discovering its application in various dimensions is a novel phenomenon that is now receiving special attention across the United States. In California and New York, two research and academic teams have achieved remarkable results in treating patients with depression using the artworks of Kamran Khavarani, a renowned architect and painter residing in Los Angeles. Parisa Amir-Mostafian, a psychotherapist based in Los Angeles with official art therapy certification from the state of California, and Dr. Simin Mazini, a member of the economics department at New Paltz University in New York who is responsible for analyzing research data, are in charge of this project. Ms. Amir-Mostafian stated in an interview with Radio Farda that this research group is also implementing a program on behalf of the U.S. federal government to widely apply the results of these studies across the country.