• Priyal Girish Pandorwala
• Dr. Nidhi Roy Choudhury

Dance movement therapy (DMT) has been gaining recognition in recent times. It uses movement to promote the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration of the individual. Through this review of literature, the aim is to find out how dance movement therapy helps individuals with mental health issues and beyond that. For this literature review, papers were taken from the year 1990 - 2021, and these papers explored various mental health issues from anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, and also how it helped people having body image issues, trauma, etc. More research is required in this area, in order to verify it more properly, with a larger sample size inclusive of gender, age, number, and place of origin, a longitudinal study, and a proper control group. It was found that DMT is effective in various areas in a positive way, an effective technique in order to heal mental health issues, body image, and uplift an individual's personality, and is a treatment method which requires no medication.

dance, dance movement therapy, review of literature, mental health.

"Effect of Dance Movement Therapy on Mental Health", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.f507-f521, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203567.pdf

"Effect of Dance Movement Therapy on Mental Health", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppf507-f521, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203567.pdf