This week Mad in America examines three studies around art therapy and art-based interventions for mental health issues. Two ...

Art therapy represents a complementary approach to traditional cancer care, utilising creative processes to promote psychological healing and improve quality of life. By engaging patients in various ...

Did you know that picking up a pencil to doodle or making a figure out of clay can help you to relieve stress, depression, and fear, and can even help diminish pain or other physical symptoms? Art ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 2, 2025. Find that audio here. For many of us, making art is not something that we do daily, but drawing, painting, or sculpting with clay can ...

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.

Children with cancer tended to feel less anxiety after undergoing four sessions of creative art therapy, recent research showed. Creative arts therapy and interventions tended to improve anxiety in ...

Transition to the menopausal stage of women’s lives can be a negative experience for women, with changes in emotional wellbeing and cardiovascular health that impact their quality of life. A recent ...

Numerous concerns are weighing on the minds of many, whether it’s current global conflicts, climate change or the precarious state of the economy, it is no surprise that the world is grappling with a ...

Art therapy has been used for many decades, but as a licensed mental health profession, it’s still an emerging and changing field. In a comparatively new and niche field, art therapy programs are ...

As a mindfulness-based art therapist, I have a lot of experience working with grief, serious illness, spirituality, shifting out of unhealthy patterns, finding balance, anxiety and depression. The ...