Currently, suboptimal mental health, emotional disorders and traumatic stress disorders are rising year by year, while traditional psychological interventions suffer from homogenization and insufficient targeting. Based on neuroplasticity and the Expressive Therapies Continuum theory, this study systematically analyzes pathological characteristics and repair logic of core brain regions including the prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus, and compares differentiated neural regulatory effects of four categories of art forms: painting, music, handcraft and passive aesthetic appreciation. The study identifies brain region activation rules and intervention advantages corresponding to each art modality, and distinguishes the varied functions of active creation and passive aesthetic appreciation in emotion regulation, cognitive remodeling and traumatic memory repair. This study makes up for the deficiency that existing research stresses practical effects yet lacks analysis of differentiated action mechanisms. It establishes an intervention framework matching art forms, cerebral regulatory characteristics and crowd demands, and promotes art therapy from experience-based implementation toward more targeted scientific intervention. Future research can adopt multimodal neuroimaging experiments to further quantify intervention thresholds of different art modalities and long-term cerebral functional remodeling rules, so as to improve the precise art therapy system.
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