Museum Visits Prescribed to Combat Covid-Related Stress (Manuel Charr, museumnext.com)
Social Prescription news from Belgium. Patients suffering from stress will be offered prescriptions to visit public museums.
Resources
Resource: Treating symptoms of depression in people with dementia: Are non-drug strategies a promising option? (McMaster University)
Art therapy and reminiscing effective treatments for elderly with depressive disorders.
Resource: Ontario Adding Mental Health Workers to OPP Communications Centres (Ontario News Room)
The Ontario government is investing $8.4 million over three years in a new Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crisis Call Diversion Program. This program will help police offer the most appropriate response to calls from individuals experiencing a mental health or addictions crisis.
Resource: The Windsor Essex Compassion Care Community: 2020 Highlights and Results (The Windsor Essex Compassion Care Community)
“The Importance of Being Connected” program was found to increase awareness of the negative effects of social isolation and promote intentional and persistent reaching out to other community members in relational, emotional and practical support.
A research group involving the universities of Windsor, McMaster, Western, Toronto, Carelton, and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute were involved in program evaluation. A series of academic papers and presentations are in development based on this research.
Resource: Qualitative findings from a systematic review: Visual arts engagement for adults with mental health conditions (University of Brighton)
Evidence-based research on arts and mental health.
Resource: SOCIAL PRESCRIBING IN ONTARIO – Progress Report (Alliance for Healthier Communities)
Overview of social prescribing projects in 11 Ontario Community Health Centres
Resource: ARTS ON PRESCRIPTION: Improving health and wellbeing through arts participation (Alliance for Healthier Communities)
Slides from a webinar outlining several projects in the Toronto area linking culture and wellbeing.
Resource: Creating Health Communities Through Cross-Sector Collaboration White Paper (University Center for Arts in Medicine & ArtPlace America)
This paper presents a case for how collaboration among the public health, arts and culture, and community development sectors is critical to addressing the issues and conditions that limit health in America.
Resource: ‘Artlift’ arts-on-referral intervention in UK primary care: updated findings from an ongoing observational study (European Journal of Public Health)
Arts for health interventions are an accepted option for medical management of mental wellbeing in health care. Updated findings are presented from a prospective longitudinal follow-up (observational) design study of an arts on referral programme in UK general practice, over a 7-year period (2009–2016).
Resource: Visual Art and Mental Health: A systematic review… (What Works Centre for Wellbeing)
This systematic review aimed to address the primary question: What are the subjective wellbeing outcomes of engaging with visual arts for ‘working-age’ adults (15-64 years) with diagnosed mental health conditions?; and a related secondary question: What are the processes by which the subjective wellbeing outcomes are achieved?