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Art therapy and mind – body health

Media research on creativity, physiological and psychological health and well-being

Medical news: How visual creative expression in VR is seen in the brain
One Lens PA: An initiative led by the first lady of Pennsylvania
American Scientist: How art can heal https://www.americanscientist.org/article/how-art-can-heal
New York Times: The Big Impact of a Small Hobby https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/well/mind/coronavirus-health-benefits-drawing-art-hobbies.html
Fast company: Artmaking and mental well-being https://www.fastcompany.com/90486119/now-is-a-great-time-to-make-some-mediocre-art
NPR Arts and the brain https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/11/795010044/feeling-artsy-heres-how-making-art-helps-your-brain
NPR Lifekit: https://www.npr.org/2019/12/30/792439555/making-art-is-good-for-your-health-heres-how-to-start-a-habit
How researchers changed the world: https://www.howresearchers.com/podcast/episode-5/
Deccan Herald: https://www.deccanherald.com/living/living-front-page/healing-with-art-734847.html
50 years of art therapy at Drexel University: https://drexel.edu/now/archive/2020/January/50-Years-of-Art-Therapy-at-Drexel-and-America/
Top of Mind (BYU Radio): https://www.byuradio.org/episode/35fd02ab-85c2-45bf-86b4-8118b995e699?playhead=2403&autoplay=true
The Philadelphia Inquirer On creativity and mental health: http://www2.philly.com/philly/health/mental-health-mental-illness-creative-arts-therapy-20181105.html
The Philadelphia Inquirer: On coloring bookshttp://www2.philly.com/philly/health/what-can-adult-coloring-books-do-for-your-health-20180101.html
The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/art-for-the-mind/article24356928.ece
Psyblog: http://www.spring.org.uk/2017/06/brain-boost-childhood.php
Science daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170613120531.htm
Technology networks: https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/making-art-activates-brains-reward-pathway-289597
Pacific Standard Magazine: https://psmag.com/news/the-doodler-abides
The Daily Mail UK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4618268/Doodling-triggers-feelings-pleasure-brain.html
Yahoo Style: https://www.yahoo.com/style/doodling-incredibly-good-health-study-162101452.html?src=rss

How art helps us build immunity and respond adaptively to stress. Features on artistic expression and stress reduction in national and international press. The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/study-says-making-art-reduces-stress_us_576183ece4b09c926cfdccac

TheZoeReport: Personal style, personal space and well-being https://www.thezoereport.com/p/can-fashion-inspire-creativity-i-dressed-my-way-out-of-imagination-rut-51734429

Health.com: http://www.health.com/mind-body/art-stress-relief

Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/theres-proof-that-making-art-can-actually-reduce-stress-2016-6?r=UK&IR=T

The Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Art-making-reduces-stress-even-for-beginners/articleshow/52763237.cms?

The Creators Project: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/even-bad-art-relieves-stress-says-science?utm_source=tcpfbus

Mic.com: https://mic.com/articles/146396/the-science-behind-adult-coloring-books-explains-why-they-re-so-therapeutic#.4K8frg6Q4

PsychCentral: http://psychcentral.com/news/2016/06/16/artmaking-can-ease-stress-regardless-of-training/104872.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/art-isnt-just-good-for-the-mind-its-good-for-the-body-too_us_5683094ae4b0b958f65ab92a

http://drexel.edu/cnhp/news/in-the-media/2016/January/Girija_Kaimals_Ongoing_Study_Mentioned_in_Huffington_Post/

Research grant for arts- based approaches to care at end of life http://multibriefs.com/briefs/aata/AATA032316.php

Art therapy research with the military

Fox29 news feature on NEA/ Walter Reed/ Drexel Collaboration http://mms.tveyes.com/MediaCenterPlayer.aspx?u=aHR0cDovL21lZGlhY2VudGVyLnR2ZXllcy5jb20vZG93bmxvYWRnYXRld2F5LmFzcHg%2FVXNlcklEPTIyODQwNiZNRElEPTU5MzU2MjUmTURTZWVkPTg1OTYmVHlwZT1NZWRpYQ%3D%3D

Press release from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on the collaboration between Drexel Creative Arts Therapies department, the NEA and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center https://www.arts.gov/news/2015/creative-arts-therapy-useful-tool-military-patients

Feature on the art therapy research with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2016/January/Art_Therapy_Masks_Military/

Feature on the art therapy research with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the Daily Beast http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/08/veterans-let-slip-the-masks-of-war-can-this-art-therapy-ease-ptsd.html