Intervention
EVENTS
A clinical art therapist and two assistant therapists conducted the AT program. The main therapist was an AT expert with over 6 years of experience. The assistant therapists were graduate students in their master’s courses in clinical AT. The assistant therapists explained how to use the materials and helped participants with difficulty expressing their work. Pre- and post-test results, photographs of the work, and consultations were recorded after completion of the program.Only the experimental group underwent AT, which involved weekly 60–90 min group therapy sessions conducted for 10 weeks. Both groups underwent the same post-test 10 weeks after the pretest. AT was administered as group therapy, with each group comprising nine patients. The group therapy was performed in a sufficiently large lecture hall at the study facility. For the first 15 min of the session, the therapist explained the session’s topic; further, the participants talked about recent events about themselves. Subsequently, the participants chose materials and expressed the topic in their art for 40 min. They were allowed to freely communicate during this process; moreover, they concentrated on their work. After completing their artwork, the participants and therapist discussed the drawings of each member for 10–30 min.AT was conducted as part of the intervention program for AUD, which was structured according to the psychological problems of AUD. 