Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in the developed world. Heart disease is affected by emotion, and art deals with emotion. "Positive physiological and psychological changes occur in the individual who is creatively engaged." Joshua Smyth, Ph.D.
The Arts & the Heart Roundtable was a ground-breaking discussion group of 12 prominent thought-leaders in medicine, the arts, and community/public health. The participants agreed...Art needs to be considered in all facets as it applies to medicine...as treatment, as a facilitator of treatment, and as a modifier of mood. (The Foundation for Art & Healing founded by Jeremy Nobel, MD in 2003)
Montefiore Medical Center in New York has a wonderful, established program coordinating three channels of creative engagement...involvement in creative activities including classes in the arts, temporary and permanent installations of art, and the hospital initiative enhancing the health of hospital employees.
Athens Regional Medical Center has a Mind Body Center...treating the whole person...look into their wonderful programs!
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