Making arts and crafts improves your mental health as much as having a job, scientists find (Riane Lumer, CNN)
CNN article on the benefits of arts and crafts on your mental health according to studies published in Frontiers in Public Health.
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Creative arts therapy can help healthcare workers experiencing burnout, researchers say (The Conversation, Fast Company)
“The creative process invites doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to remember what it means to be human, to be vulnerable.”
Researchers study how arts therapy can benefit health care workers (Hunter Boyce, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
“The University of Colorado research team has spent nearly two decades studying work-related stress” says this article.
Doctors Should Offer ‘Social Prescribing’ to Patients(Julia Hotz, Scientific American)
Article on the benefits of social prescribing, published on Scientific American.
Mass. starts country’s first arts prescription program for physical and behavioral health (Alison Kuznitz, State House News Service, WBUR)
WBUR article on a new social prescribing program developed by Massachusetts Culture Council and health-care provider Art Pharmacy.
The Future of Music and Arts in Medicine and Health (Conference) – Berlin 2024 – IAMM & ISfAM
This hybrid event will bring together medical and artistic experts, researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world, offering opportunities for collaboration and networking across continents and disciplines
Resource: WhereToStart.ca
WhereToStart.ca provides access to a variety of mental health services for children and youth offered by four service providers in Peel Region.
Resource: The Arts and the Quality of Life for Ontarians (Nanos/Ontario Arts Council)
Arts and Quality of Life for Ontarians, commissioned from Nanos by OAC, surveyed Ontarians on the importance of the arts for their quality of life and mental health, as well as their opinions towards the role of the arts in relation to community, diversity and identity.
Taking a look at ArtsCare (Dan White, Sydenham Current)
Sydenham Current article on the MAC’s ArtsCare initiatives and programming.
Mississauga Arts Council: Health Through the Arts (Rick Muller, City Life Magazine)
City Life Magazine article on the introduction of Mississauga Arts Council’s Pilot ArtsCare Social Prescription Program.