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How art helps us develop healthier minds

WEBIn North Queensland, arts educator Sandy Guy has launched a six-week course, Sculpt Your Mind, using art to help people develop a healthier mindset. To …

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The case for artists in hospital settings since COVID

WEBOne of Australia’s longest running arts health programs. Flinders Medical Centre’s Arts in Health program is one of the country’s most prominent examples of the …

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Why staying healthy in the arts is so hard

WEBNegative or stressful thoughts accumulate in the mind, and become reflected in the body. Yoga and meditation are practices that can promote the development of …

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The Art of Wellness

WEBA recent article by Vice claimed art therapy might be the next great breakthrough in treating mental health issues. For people in Australia, where 45% of …

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Arts offer the armour to battle Australia’s mental health crisis

WEBMcClean said that Australia is currently in a mental health crisis, one that is costing in the region of $70 billion every year. The Productivity Commission Inquiry …

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Our new resource for arts wellness

WEBArtsHub is launching a new mental health series of the sector with the support of the Judith Neilson Institute. 1 May 2020 ArtsHub Performing Arts Image …

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Can the arts and Medical Humanities prevent burn out

WEBIn 2013, Beyondblue conducted a world-first mental health survey of thousands of medical students and clinicians. The National Mental Health Survey of …

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Healing art in hospitals and communities

WEBInsideout Gallery – a professional studio and gallery space for artists impacted by mental health experiences and located within Macquarie Hospital – has …

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Targeting dance injury at the source

WEBNew research is tackling the health literacy of Australian dancers in a bid to lessen the soaring rates of career-altering injury. While dance remains one of the most …

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How ‘mental health’ has been reimagined in the workplace

WEBGetting a mental health diagnosis like schizophrenia usually happens in a psych ward. This means that you survived dying at least five times and this admission is the best possible …

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Destigmatising invisible illnesses, creativity and work

WEBThis can result in lack of support, isolation, and marginalisation in the workplace and beyond. ‘Invisible illness can affect people in many different ways; no one …

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Artist burnout is not a mental health issue – it is a labour issue

WEBArtist burnout. While it is reported that, since the pandemic, Australian workers are in poorer physical and mental health across all ages and stages, I believe that the artist burnout …

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Culture as a protective factor

WEBTwo new reports on well-being and the arts. The first, ‘Creating Wellbeing: Attitudes and engagement with arts, culture and health‘ provides powerful evidence of …

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New Mental Health First Aid training for the screen industry

WEBThe fully online Mental Health First Aid training course takes around 12 hours to complete and involves both general skills and information specific to the screen …

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Why creative people are more prone to depression (from the …

WEBStudies of artists and writers collated in Scientific American confirm that artists and writers are up to 20 times more likely to suffer from bipolar disorder (also called …

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How to deal with tall poppy syndrome

WEBPush yourself to talk about your work. Similar to self-doubt, self-deprecation or the inability to talk about your work stems from the fear of being ‘cut down’ if you …

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Teaching doctors empathy through art

WEBHeather Gaunt. About the Author. Dr Heather Gaunt is Curator of Academic Programs at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne. Health care …

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Why we’ll need great art more than ever after COVID-19

WEBThe arts will lift us up and out of the pandemic into a new existence where greater flexibility and a more significant creative approach to problem solving is required. …

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The healing power of hip hop

WEBMore specifically, the benefits to individual mental health, in areas of coping, emotions, identity and personal growth, can help promote resilience in communities. …

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Molly Meldrum at 80: how the ‘artfully incoherent’ presenter …

WEBIan Alexander ‘Molly’ Meldrum is 80 on 29 January 2023. The Australian music industry would not be where it is today without his work as a talent scout, DJ, …

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