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Important learning takes place through experiences of fun and belonging at an arts-based mindfulness program.
Creative arts therapies allow people with dementia to express joy and sadness through painting, dance, music and drama.
A human rights researcher documents the stories of Central American migrants leaving behind endemic poverty and high homicide rates. In limbo in Mexico, many use art therapy to express their anxiety.
As part of a new strategy to combat loneliness GPs will be able to prescribe social activities. But is this ethical?
Art is no cure all. But it can open up new spaces for us to ask new questions.
Was John Keats a refugee in his day? A workshop for refugees, migrants and artists took place recently at Keats-Shelley House and the story of the great Romantic poet’s life and death hit a nerve.
… and does it work?
Using creativity and artistic metaphor to tap unconscious memories helps release pent up trauma.
Embroidery - often seen as women’s work - was a common form of therapy for troops wounded in the first world war. One soldier, Albert Biggs, learned to sew with his left hand after his right arm was badly injured.
A new study shows that looking at paintings can bring pleasure to people living with dementia, affecting their wellbeing even after the memory of the event has gone.
Organisations such as MIND work tirelessly to raise awareness of mental health problems and real progress has been made in destigmatising mental illness through campaigns such as Time to Change and Black…
My doctoral studies in visual arts entails working with people who are not necessarily visual artists, but see the value in artistically expressing their story to expand our understanding of suicide. Suicide…
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