By Nicola Holt From community choirs and dance programmes to arts in hospitals and museums, arts-based activities are increasingly being recognised as valua ...

The Creative Health Review (CHR) published in 2023 is an advocacy document by the UK National Centre for Creative Health and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing. The CHR...

This comprehensive Handbook defines, surveys, and critiques the burgeoning discipline of arts and health. It brings together the growing evidence base and discusses policy and practice from around the...

Explore the relationship between arts and preventative healthcare.

The term “creative health” is increasingly used in the context of “arts and health” programming, evaluation and research. In this comment, I draw on the psychology of creativity to critically exami...

This comprehensive Handbook defines, surveys, and critiques the burgeoning discipline of arts and health. It brings together the growing evidence base and discusses policy and practice from around the...

Background: Reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents is a global health priority. Personal and social resources (e.g., hobbies and socialising) may reduce distress. Yet, there is insufficient...

Opinion Apples and oranges? The importance of recognising heterogeneity in Arts and Health research publications Introduction Policymakers and practitioners ...

A first-of-its kind partnership in Canada enables clinicians to prescribe a visit to a nature-inspired art exhibition to support patients’ mental health and well-being.

This comprehensive Handbook defines, surveys, and critiques the burgeoning discipline of arts and health. It brings together the growing evidence base and discusses policy and practice from around the...

IntroductionThe evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for different aspects of health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription has ...

Background: Experience Sampling Methods (ESM) have been used in clinical research to collect data on emotional and behavioural states in real life contexts among different populations. Although...

IntroductionThe evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for different aspects of health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription has ...

Link worker social prescribing programs are gaining recognition in Australia for addressing health and social needs outside routine medical care. The evaluation of these programs is essential for info...

Background: Reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents is a global health priority. Personal and social resources (e.g., hobbies and socialising) may reduce distress. Yet, there is insufficient...

Dr Aspa Paltoglou (pictured), a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, on continuing to take pandemic precautions.

Katharine Slade, a PhD Student at Aston University, on using ‘research poetry’ with qualitative data in health psychology.

IntroductionThe evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for different aspects of health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription has ...