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.
News
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.
Resource: Put on Your Dancing Shoes to Stay Nimble as You Age (Health Central)
Researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology in Japan found dance best of 16 forms of exercise to lower disability risk.
Resource: Impressions of the impact of the arts on quality of life and well-being in Ontario (Nanos/Ontario Arts Council)
Executive Summary from Nanos for the Ontario Arts Council on the impact of the arts on the day-to-day wellbeing of Ontarians.
Resource: The Creative Health: Arts for Mental Health & Well-Being (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health & Well-being)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health & Well-being: This resource uncovers 9 key areas to demonstrate how the art impact our aid recovery / support longer lives better lived, to help with challenges facing health & social care: ageing, long-term conditions, loneliness& mental health as well as how the arts can help save money in the health service & social care.
Resource: Culture Track (Business / Arts)
Culture Track: Canada is a study of the attitudes and behaviours of Canadian cultural consumers.