Can tickets heal ills better than pills? Doctors in Britain tried out an experimental approach, prescribing social activities, a decade ago. Now medics from from Canada to Belgium and France are ...

Kasha Akhtar (SESP ’23) started therapy in 2019 while she was a student at Northwestern. The following year, her therapist suggested they start incorporating art therapy in her sessions. Akhtar ...

This week Mad in America examines three studies around art therapy and art-based interventions for mental health issues. Two studies reported on the lived Studies find art-based interventions can be ...

“The Art of Mental Health,” an art exhibit made entirely by mental health practitioners, celebrated its opening Saturday at the Vine Arts Center in Minneapolis. Multimedia works are on display from ...

Imagine standing in front of a painting, its colors and shapes pulling you into a world of emotion and thought. Perhaps you feel joy, nostalgia, or even sadness. What is happening in your brain at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walking into my grandmother’s house, I watch her hands move in a fast-weaving motion as stitches extend from her knitting needles.

Editor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban in fall 2021. Kuban continued the project this spring ...

The UAB Arts in Medicine program, a partnership with UAB Medicine, strives to transform the care environment and enhance well-being and healing through creative arts experiences for patients, families ...

Students in seven Kentucky counties can submit original art for RiverValley’s 2026 mental health contest. Winners earn $500 scholarships.

Have you done anything creative today? Research shows that creativity boasts remarkable mental health benefits, including emotion regulation, cognitive flexibility, and social connectedness ...

SACRAMENTO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. YEAH, SOME ARTISTS SHARE THEIR WORK TELLING STORIES OF THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEYS. KCRA 3’S ANDREA FLORES SHOWS US ...

On World Health Day, the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) and BC Parks Foundation’s PaRx, Canada’s national nature prescription program, launched a partnership to support patients’ mental health and ...