The Effect of Mandala Art Therapy on Pregnant Women With Abnormal OGTT

A mandala is a geometric configuration of symbols. In various spiritual traditions, mandalas may be employed for focusing attention of practitioners and adepts, as a spiritual guidance tool, for establishing a sacred space and as an aid to meditation and trance induction. Mandalas are used effectively in the field of art therapy. The possibility of using mandala in all age groups has contributed to the treatment process of different diseases and disorders, and its effectiveness has been presented to the scientific world with many researches around the globe. As a result of using mandala as an art therapy in adults, mandala has been used both in the treatment of psychiatric disorders and has been a tool used to observe the effects of the treatments. Art therapy which included drawing mandala, significantly reduced the severity of trauma symptoms in individuals with anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.