Promoting the mental health and well-being of vulnerable youth through art: an ethnographic evaluation of an art-based intervention for rural Canadian youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children in rural communities are of the most vulnerable populations in Canada. Living in a rural community has mental health and well-being implications for these children, particularly regarding their access to mental health services. By comparison to talk therapies, which are often costly, art-based interventions are accessible financially, geographically (i.e., offered in academic settings), and across abilities. Qualitative research of art-based approaches with vulnerable children is limited. Despite this, art-based interventions have allowed children to express their feelings through art, which in turn helped them identify and verbalize thoughts and feelings; something that youth tend to struggle with in traditional psychotherapy. As such, considering the vulnerabl

SUBMITTER: Simons K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11874774 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature