Photo Elicitation Therapy (PET) as a stress reduction process among academicians at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia

The study systematically learns the use of Photo Elicitation Therapy (PET) in Stress Healing. The process of literature 1002 hits, all reviewed journals, books, and articles. The summarised data discovered 16 major sign criteria to explore Therapeutic Photography applied. The study literature to seek the sign of Research Objective, Research Method, and Study Result. The study integrated two discipline aims to research the possibilities and the benefits of Therapeutic Photography technique as an alternative therapeutic process for stress reduction. Therefore, the instruments abstract from the study literature identifies study design which applied into the research. This study design includes Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) 21 and following by the Descriptive Interview. The study focuses on UiTM's lecturer's emotional DASS score which fit to the criteria of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) 21 from categories of normal to highly severe. The study design includes Pre and Post DASS-21, as well as the interviews, were adapted for the study. The implications of the study design discovered the key principles in Therapeutic Photography focuses to several photograph including the images of family, pet, and nature. This collection of images has been part in participants personal collections. The data analysis from the study recommends further investigation and provides the current scope of visual studies. It also encourages to take part as a source of data provider for detailing national proposals, latest alternative solutions, and better understanding in supporting the United Nation 2030 Agenda: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focusing on agenda’s 3, which fit to indicator for 3.4 to reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.