This review examines the transformative impact creativity has on mental health. Creative
expression has the potential to promote the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social well …

Arts, Culture & the Brain Page 1 Arts, Culture & the Brain A literature review and new
epidemiological analyses January 2022 Dr Jessica K Bone & Dr Daisy Fancourt INSTITUTE …

The significance of mental health inequities globally is illustrated by higher rates of anxiety
and depression amongst racial and ethnic minority populations as well as individuals of …

Objective Loneliness is a public health challenge associated with postnatal depression
(PND). This study developed and tested an online songwriting intervention, with the aim of …

Objectives Art engagement, which includes individual art activities and museum and gallery
visits, potentially contributes to improving psychological well-being. However, there is …

Objectives This study investigated how adults in the United Kingdom perceived their arts
and cultural engagement to facilitate social connectedness over two phases in the first year …

Purpose Although arts engagement holds promise for reducing loneliness and enhancing
social support, previous research has focussed on older adults. We investigated whether …

Arts and cultural engagement has the potential to reduce social deficits such as loneliness
and social isolation. However, as most evidence is from Western countries, less is known …

Objectives: To examine the prospective association between art engagement and the risk of
type 2 diabetes. Methods: Adults aged≥ 50 from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing …

The COVID-19 pandemic placed increasing pressure on university staff with spiralling
workloads due to the rapid implementation of changes to university processes and staff …