Resource: Therapeutic Potential of a Drum and Dance Ceremony Based on the African Ngoma Tradition (Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)
Research on the benefits of drum and dance ceremonies based in the African Ngoma Tradition.
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Resource: African drumming: a holistic approach to reducing stress and improving health? (Department of Physiological Sciences, Stellenbosch University)
Research on Djembe drumming. Findings include that Djembe drumming may improve cardiovascular health and at the same time may decrease stress and anxiety levels.
Resource: Making music for mental health: how group drumming mediates recovery (Psychology of Well-Being)
Research demonstrating that group drumming provides a creative and mutual learning space in which mental health recovery can take place.
Resource: Immediate effects of group-based wellness drumming on affective states in university students (Mungas and Silverman, University of Minnesota, School of Music)
Resource on the positive benefits of active music-making published from University of Minnesota’s School of Music.
Resource: Effect of group empowerment drumming on cognitive performance and mood in women with fibromyalgia – disseration (Aquino, California State University, Fullerton)
Dissertation by Jordan Keith Aquino on the effect of group drumming for women with fibromyalgia.
Yes, Listening to Music Is Therapy (Daniel J. Levitin, The Walrus)
The Walrus: Music reduces pain, increases resilience, and reconnects Alzheimer’s patients with their memories. It’s time for science to take it seriously
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.
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.