Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

If you’re looking for a reason to make and enjoy more art, this may be the most enjoyable health advice you’ve received yet. Share on Pinterest Daisy Fancourt is an award-winning scientist and ...

On this week's episode, Christopher Bailey, the WHO's arts and health lead, discusses culture's importance to global well-being. Chris Bailey, worldwide art and health lead at the World Health ...

When she has time, Daisy Fancourt likes to sit at the piano and play something by Bach, Francis Poulenc or, if her children are with her, a nursery rhyme. There’s nothing frivolous about playing or ...

During a dark period in his youth, Bill Murray thought about killing himself while wandering the streets of Chicago. “I was ready to die,” the actor said at a press conference several years ago. That ...

Creating art for healing purposes dates back tens of thousands of years, to the practices of First Nations people around the world. Art therapy uses creative processes, primarily visual art such as ...

On Monday, the World Health Organization’s Regional Office of Europe dove deep into the art world. In a new report, it channeled its considerable power and resources towards investigating whether art ...

"Grounding Objects," courtesy of the collection of C. Malchiodi, PhD Source: ©2018 C. Malchiodi, PhD It’s pretty obvious that art therapy, in contrast to other mental health and health care ...

What if your doctor could prescribe an art class, a trip to a museum or park, or tickets to a show to help improve your mental health? As unconventional as this may sound, a model of care called ...

The annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) conference is currently underway in Chicago. Thousands of neuroscientists have gathered here to discuss the latest topics in neuroscience research. They’re ...