Creative arts and healing among veterans: impacts of community-based photography workshops on veterans’ well-being and quality of life
Odyssey participants experienced positive impacts that had ripple effects through their lives and valued using the arts to tell their stories. <i>The Odyssey Project</i> sits in a "sweet spot" between clinical art therapy and other less immersive veterans' community arts programs, making it appealing to veterans struggling with reintegration.
Authors
- Vasiliki P. Neofotistos
- Samantha D. Peterman
- Bonnie M. Vest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3401-7367)
- Brendan Bannon
Institutions
- Odyssey House (US)
- Jacobs (United States) (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arts & Health
- Published
- 2025-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2584237
- Primary Topic
- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00