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the University of Queensland. Robert King is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the School of Medicine of The University of Queensland where he leads a multidisciplinary graduate mental health program. He is interested in psychosocial rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness and is the author of The Handbook of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (Blackwell) as well as many peer-reviewed papers in this field. His involvement in this project reflects a specific interest in the role of creativity in recovery from mental illness. Wilson, M. (1996). Emergent youth case management in a crisis medium term refuge. In National Conference on Homelessness, Homelessness in the lucky country 1996- 2000: how will we meet the challenge? (pp. 291–297). Melbourne: Council to Homeless Persons. Waller, D. (1993). Group interactive art therapy: Its use in training and treatment . London and New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. Waller, D. (2006). Art therapy for children: How it leads to change. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 11 , 271–282.

Shearar, A. (1997). Dying to go to school. Africa Insight , 27 , 166–170. Svensk, A. C., Oster, I., Thyme, K. E., Magnusson, E., Sjödin, M., Eisemann, M., et al. (2009). Art therapy improves experienced quality of life among women undergoing treatment for breast cancer: A randomized controlled study. European Journal of Cancer Care (Engl) , 18 , 69–77. Wadeson, H. (2000). Art therapy practice: Innovative approaches with diverse populations . New York: John Wiley & Sons. Sandra Drabant is a senior art therapist at Mater Children’s Hospital CYMHS Day Program and a lecturer in the School of Medicine at The University of Queensland. She is interested in using her own art making as a way of expression and practicing an eclectic art therapy approach when working with children, young people and their families within a multidisciplinary team. Maggie Wilson is a high school art teacher, who completed her postgraduate art therapy training at Goldsmiths College London University in 1990. She has worked for the last 19 years in drug and alcohol, homelessness, and child and youth mental health. Her private practice interests are currently cross- cultural art therapy group work, creative debriefing and supervision for mental health teams and practitioners. Maggie works at the Mater CYMHS as the KOPMI (Kids of Parents With a Mental Illness) program co-coordinator. Maggie is an Australian Registered Art Therapist and lecturers in the Masters of Mental Health Art Therapy Program at

Correspondence to: A/Prof Robert King School of Medicine The University of Queensland and Kids in Mind Research Mater Health Services email: r.king1@uq.edu.au

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