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Chemtob, New York, NY  \nAbstract  \nThis study examined the efficacy of an adjunctive traumafocused art therapy intervention in reducing chronic child posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in an inpatient psychiatric facilityfor youth. We compared 2 treatment conditions, each delivered in one 1-hour group sessions over 16 weeks: (a) a trauma-focused expressive art therapy protocol (TF-ART) and (b) a treatment-as-usual (TAU) control condition, the standard arts-and-craft-making activity used at the two participatingfacilities. Youths were randomized to either treatment condition, and assessed before and after treatment. Theprincipal outcome measure was the severity of PTSD symptoms measured using the UCLA PTSD Reaction Index, administered as an interview. There was a significant treatment-by-condition interaction indicating that adolescents in the TF-ART condition had greater reduction in PTSD symptom severity than youths in the TAU condition. TF-ART was not found to be associated with more behavioral problems during the treatment period. Results indicate that TF-ART may be a promising adjunctive treatment for inpatient adolescents with PTSD symptoms.  \nEditor’s note: Francie Lyshak-Stelzer, ATR-BC, LCAT, CASAC, CGP, is a Creative Arts Supervisor at Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center in New York. Pamela Singer, MA, ATR-BC, LCAT, is a Senior Recreation Therapist/Art Therapist at Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center. Patricia St. John, EdD, ATR-BC, LCAT, is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator ofGraduate Art Therapy at the College of New Rochelle in New York. Claude M. Chemtob, PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to the first author at [flyshak@msn.com](flyshak@msn.com).  \nThis study received the prestigious 2007 Research Award from the American Art Therapy Association and grant to fund further research. The study was partially supported by NIMH grant 5R24MH063910 (Claude M. Chemtob, PI) . The authors express their sincere appreciation to the many staff at Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center and Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Center who assisted with patient recruitment and IRB review, as well as the graduate assistants from the College of New Rochelle who assisted with data management. Rohini Luthra, Yoko Nomura, and Yanping Wang from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine also assisted with data management. The authors express their thanks to the youths who gave of themselves by participating in this study.  \nIntroduction  \nEvents causing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms range from a one-time traumatic event, such as a natural or man-made disaster, to chronic traumatization in which a person is exposed to multiple stressors such as community violence, physical injury, and maltreatment (physical/sexual abuse) over months and years (Anderson, 2005,¶ 1) . Children and adolescents respond differently to trauma-inducing stressors when compared to adults, particularly in how their behavior reflects their re-experience of the trauma, avoidance of trauma-producing situations, and hyper-arousal response.  \nPerrin, Smith, and Yule (2000) observed that children manifest their symptoms in metaphoric modalities such as play, drawing, and story-telling, and in separation anxiety. Behavioral symptoms in both children and adolescents can include disruptiveness, impulsivity, inattentiveness, poor socialization, and low academic achievement. For over 30 years, art therapists have observed that drawing and painting are useful in the assessment and treatment of traumatic disorders in children and adolescents (Gantt & Tinnin, 2007; Stember, 1977) . 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