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Creative Therapy (IN: Suicide in the Elderly: A Practitioner’s Guide to Diagnosis and Mental Health Intervention)
Osgood N J
Describes the benefits of 4 creative therapies (art, music, dance, & drama) & the particular creative therapeutic techniques that have been used effectively with the elderly. Special attention is given to creative dramatics, a therapeutic intervention that has been used successfully with the elderly. 53 refs.