Doctors and nurses seldom learn in school how to tell a family that their loved one is not going to survive. Yet health care professionals face the immense burden of tragedy, illness and dying in an ...
PHILADELPHIA, Pennyslvania (WPVI) -- At Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, patients are proving that art can be done in more ways than one. "Because we're working with people who may have ...
Create & Connect, a new program at the Barnes Foundation, offers art classes and gallery tours for people with Parkinson’s ...
Students in the Allegheny Valley School District are turning to art as an additional way to support their mental well-being. Melissa Holler, the district’s director of pupil services, said the ...
“We’re going to move these types of creative programs to the next level,” Northside’s vice president of marketing, Lee Echols, said in a news release. “By introducing health care providers to artists ...
In a nation facing continuous conflict, emotional resilience is essential rather than a luxury. Visual art therapy has emerged as a fundamental aspect of mental health support in Israel, offering a ...
SPECIAL EFFORT UNDERWAY IN LYNN. A. LONGTIME ART THERAPIST, MARY FLANNERY HAS BUILT PROGRAMS FOR KIDS IN LOCKUP, ADULTS IN HOSPITALS. SHE FOUNDED AN ARTS ORGANIZATION IN LYNN, WHERE POWERFUL NEW WORK ...
CORCORAN, Calif. (KABC) -- California is rethinking its prison system in an effort to reduce the recidivism rate which has averaged about 50% over the past 10 years. At California State Prison ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- UofL Hospital is bringing art therapy into the community in the hopes of reducing gun violence. Tuesday evening, UofL celebrated its six-month partnership with the 50/50 ...
Facing the holidays away from our loved ones is hard for many people. Capital District Latinos hosted an art therapy program in Albany on Tuesday to deal with some of the emotional issues that may ...
The French monastery where Vincent Van Gogh made many of his masterpieces when he warded for psychiatric treatment is still operating—and now treats its exclusively female clients with art therapy.