Resource: Health Commons Fact Sheet: Impact of Loneliness & Isolation (Health Commons Solution Lab)
A two page infographic outlining the economic and health implications of loneliness and isolation on people as well as those most at risk to suffer.
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Resource: What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review – Health Evidence Network synthesis report 67 (World Health Organization)
This report used a scoping review methodology to map the global academic literature in English and Russian from January 2000 to May 2019. Over 900 publications were identified, of which there were over 200 reviews, systematic reviews, metaanalyses and meta-syntheses covering over 3000 studies, and over 700 further individual studies.
Resource: Seniors & Suicide – Starting the Conversation with the AfterWhys Play (Suicide Awareness Council of Wellington-Dufferin)
A video related to the play AfterWhys, which highlights the risk factors for seniors as it relates to suicide and stresses the importance of reaching out for help and talking about the topic.
Resource: ‘Artlift’ arts-on-referral intervention in UK primary care: updated findings from an ongoing observational study (European Journal of Public Health)
Arts for health interventions are an accepted option for medical management of mental wellbeing in health care. Updated findings are presented from a prospective longitudinal follow-up (observational) design study of an arts on referral programme in UK general practice, over a 7-year period (2009–2016).
Resource: The MARCH Network (University College London)
The MARCH Network is one of 8 national networks funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of the 2018 Cross-Council Mental Health Plus call to further research into mental health.
Resource: Visual Art and Mental Health: A systematic review… (What Works Centre for Wellbeing)
This systematic review aimed to address the primary question: What are the subjective wellbeing outcomes of engaging with visual arts for ‘working-age’ adults (15-64 years) with diagnosed mental health conditions?; and a related secondary question: What are the processes by which the subjective wellbeing outcomes are achieved?
Program: Artists in Momentum (Artists in Momentum)
An organization that promotes as as a vehicle for self-care in the workplace and in the community. Provides artists a safe space to express themselves.
Resource: Identification with arts-based groups improves mental wellbeing in adults with chronic mental health conditions (The University of Queensland)
A social identity theoretical approach was applied to explore how participation in the arts may improve mental health in a longitudinal study.
Resource: Montreal museum partners with doctors to ‘prescribe’ art (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)
A doctors’ organisation and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) are partnering to allow physicians to write prescriptions for free museum visits.
Resource: It Is Not Illness But Isolation That Is The Taproot of Suicide (100Stone Project)
An event in Alaska where community allies gathered to manifest a sculpture installation, shouldering stories of mental illness and resilience.