Research on Djembe drumming. Findings include that Djembe drumming may improve cardiovascular health and at the same time may decrease stress and anxiety levels.
Research demonstrating that group drumming provides a creative and mutual learning space in which mental health recovery can take place.
Resource on the positive benefits of active music-making published from University of Minnesota’s School of Music.
Dissertation by Jordan Keith Aquino on the effect of group drumming for women with fibromyalgia.
The Walrus: Music reduces pain, increases resilience, and reconnects Alzheimer’s patients with their memories. It’s time for science to take it seriously
CNN article on the benefits of arts and crafts on your mental health according to studies published in Frontiers in Public Health.
“The creative process invites doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to remember what it means to be human, to be vulnerable.”
“The University of Colorado research team has spent nearly two decades studying work-related stress” says this article.
Article on the benefits of social prescribing, published on Scientific American.
WBUR article on a new social prescribing program developed by Massachusetts Culture Council and health-care provider Art Pharmacy.