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Bulletin vol. 34 no. 1 | 29 Art of Valor, Morean Glass Studio Photo credit: Morean Arts Center Acknowledgements: I would like to thank the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network for funding support of the research cited in this article, as well as our collaborators from Drexel U – including Dr. Girija Kaimal, Associate Professor of the PhD Creative Arts Therapies Program. Huge thank you to Juliet L. King, Associate Professor of Art Therapy at GWU and Adjunct Associate Professor of Neurology at IU School of Medicine, for consult peer support. Most importantly, I'd like to thank the SMs who engaged in art therapy treatment and consented to having their outcomes researched – especially the Marine who granted me permission to cite his personal story throughout this article as well as the veteran and writer who so powerfully depicted it. References Berberian, M., Walker, M. S., & Kaimal, G. (2018). "Master My Demons:" Art therapy montage painting by active-duty military service members with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress. Medical Humanities, 45(4):353-360. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2018-011493 Gantt, L., & Tinnin, L.W. (2009). Support for a neurobiological view of trauma with implications for art therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 36, 148–153. Jones, J. P., Walker, M. S., Masino Drass, J. & Kaimal, G. (2018). Art therapy interventions for active duty service members with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. International Journal of Art Therapy. doi: 10.1080/17454832.2017.1388263 Kaimal G., Walker, M. S., Herres J., French, L. M., & DeGraba, T. J. (2018). Observational study of associations between visual imagery and measures of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress among active-duty military service members with traumatic brain injury at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. BMJ Open, 8, e021448. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2017-021448 King, J.L. & Kaimal, G. (2019). Approaches to research in art therapy using imaging technologies. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi: 10.3389/ fnhum.2019.00159 King, J.L., Knapp, K.E., Shaikh, A., Li, F., Sabau, D., Pascuzzi, R.M., & Osburn, L.L. (2017). Cortical activity changes after art making and rote motor movement as measured by EEG: A preliminary study. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research. doi: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000366 Creative Forces: Research and Scholarly Manuscripts Inventory. (2019, August). National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved May 15, 2020 from https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/Creative-Forces-Research- Inventory-August-2019-revised.pdf Rauch, S.L., van der Kolk, B.A., Fisler, R.E., et al. (1996). A symptom provocation study of posttraumatic stress disorder using positron emission tomography and script-driven imagery. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 53:380–387. Stowe, C. (2019, February 26). American Art Therapy Association Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives. https://www.congress. gov/116/meeting/house/108950/witnesses/HHRG-116-AP06-Wstate- StoweM-20190226.pdf van der Kolk, B. (2000). Posttraumatic stress disorder and the nature of trauma. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 2(1):7–22. van der Kolk, B.A., vander Hart, O., & Marmar, C.R. (1996). Dissociation and information processing in post traumatic stress disorder. In B.A. van der Kolk, A.C. McFarlane, & L. Weisaeth (Eds.), Traumatic stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body and society (pp. 303–327).New York, NY: Guilford Press. Walker, M. (2017). Art therapy approaches within the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In P. Howie (Ed.), Art Therapy with Military Populations: History, Innovation, and Applications (pp. 111-123). London, UK: Routledge. Walker, M., Kaimal, G., Gonzaga, A. M. L., Myers-Coffman, K. A., & DeGraba, T. J. (2017). Active duty military service members' visual representations of PTSD and TBI in masks. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 12(1), 1267317. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2016.1267317 Walker, M., Kaimal, G. Koffman, R., & DeGraba, T. J. (2016). Art therapy for PTSD and TBI: A senior active duty military service member's therapeutic journey. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 49(2), 10-16. doi: 10.1016/j. aip.2016.05.015 Walker, M. S., Stamper, A. M., Nathan, D. E., & Riedy, G. (2018). Art therapy and underlying fMRI brain patterns in military TBI: A case series. International Journal of Art Therapy. doi: 10.1080/17454832.2018.1473453 Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. (n.d.). The National Intrepid Center of Excellence. https://tricare.mil/mtf/WalterReed/Health-Services/ M_S/NICoE Worth Parker, R. (2020, March 03). Render safe. The Bitter Southerner. https://bittersoutherner.com/render-safe-marine-bomb-tech-glass-blower- national-endowment-for-the-arts

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