Dr Nicola Holt

Arts-based interventions: Why It’s Complex, and Why That Matters: Comment on “Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique” by Martin Skov and Marcos Nadal

Pleased to see that my comment has been published, along with comments by others, too, on Skov and Nadal's critique of arts and health research. I focused on one issue, complexity, and the lack of consideration of this in their analysis. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nature Art Prescriptions Support Mental Health in Vancouver A first-of-its kind partnership in Canada enables clinicians to prescribe a visit to a nature-inspired art exhibition to support patients’ mental health and well-being.

Interested to see our systematic review mentioned in this news article www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Excited to see this will be available soon!

Very proud to be among the excellent names in one of the most broad and comprehensive tables of contents I've seen in an academic collection.

Congratulations, @drnicolaholt.bsky.social and colleagues!

Routledge Handbook of Arts and Health This comprehensive Handbook defines, surveys, and critiques the burgeoning discipline of arts and health. It brings together the growing evidence base and discusses policy and practice from around the...

The Routledge Handbook of Arts and Health has a release date :) www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

New on the Psychological Sciences Research Group blog:

The use of the arts within social prescribing is expanding globally. But, what is art on prescription and what does the research on its efficacy suggest?

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NEW ARTICLES: Enjoy three recently published articles which show a diversity of creative practices in healthcare, demonstrating the growing implementation of arts interventions across different populations and healthcare contexts.

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Stress levels are high for university students and they are at a high risk of poor wellbeing and mental health, particularly at exam times. Have you considered colouring with your cohort? We revisit a project exploring colouring for university student wellbeing. dx.doi.org/10.1080/1753...

This international women's day we are looking back at three important research papers which centre the lived experiences and creativity of women. Join us in revisiting:

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NEW ARTICLE! This paper explores the experiences and transition of a relational arts Academy to a virtual space for community artists with dementia from researchers at the University of Waterloo.

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It's World Social Prescribing Day! To celebrate we have dived in to the Arts & Health archive to share two important papers you should revisit.

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Happy to have sent the Routledge Handbook of Arts & Health to the publisher this morning - I hope that the copyediting stage goes smoothly. Thanks to all of the authors for their work and for helping to create such a comprehensive overview of the field.

Art on prescription for health and wellbeing - a systematic review: www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

Do daily happiness and nervousness fluctuate according to depressive and/or anxious symptoms in adolescents and young adults across three Latin American cities?: an experience sampling study Background: Experience Sampling Methods (ESM) have been used in clinical research to collect data on emotional and behavioural states in real life contexts among different populations. Although...

New paper on adolescent wellbeing and daily life: Do daily happiness and nervousness fluctuate according to depressive and/or anxious symptoms in adolescents and young adults across three Latin American cities?: an experience sampling study

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Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health: Vol 0, No 0 www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...

NEW ARTICLE! Dance harnesses humanity in exercise from University of Toronto researchers Caitlin Elmslie, Lara McCallion, Julie Vaughan-Graham and Kara Patterson. Read it here: dx.doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2025.2461687

Busy writing the Introduction and Contents page for the Routledge Handbook of Arts and Health - it is really coming together - still a lot of organising to do in the final weeks, but I'm very grateful for everyone's contributions and expertise as I begin summarising it all.

Funny that this is my highest scoring article and 11th top scoring in the journal Art Therapy. I think it's because colouring is so accessible and so shared as a stress reduction technique. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... routledge.altmetric.com/details/6528...

Frontiers | The impact of arts on prescription on individual health and wellbeing: a systematic review with meta-analysis IntroductionThe evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for different aspects of health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription has ...

We have a systematic review of arts on prescription published: The impact of arts on prescription on individual health and wellbeing: a systematic review with meta-analysis - www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

Amazing 🤩 - I have found thousands of people who oppose NHS privatisation on Bluesky already!! 😮💙🌟

If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you follow me and repost this, and I’ll follow you back? Let’s see how far this can go Bluesky!….. 🤞

Thanks Ella x

Enjoying writing a book chapter on the visual arts and crafts for health and wellbeing for the upcoming Routledge Handbook of Arts and Health. I have organised the content into the following areas - and know much more about some of these than others!

Grab a coffee, we are go to at 3pm UK, 10 am EST, 7am PT. #AcademicSky #HigherEd #HMsky #Metascience

My <body> is ready

Connected Papers | Find and explore academic papers A unique, visual tool to help researchers and applied scientists find and explore papers relevant to their field of work.

Already different 6 months later: www.connectedpapers.com/main/53ab5ce...

Australian link worker social prescribing programs: An integrative review Link worker social prescribing programs are gaining recognition in Australia for addressing health and social needs outside routine medical care. The evaluation of these programs is essential for info...

Want to know what’s happening with social prescribing in Australia? Read on dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

I'd like to know too :)

Looking forward to read the special issue on Global Creative Health in Perspectives in Public Health and pleased to see our practice report about evaluation for our Kashmir project included artofhealing.org.uk

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Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study Background: Reducing anxiety and depression in adolescents is a global health priority. Personal and social resources (e.g., hobbies and socialising) may reduce distress. Yet, there is insufficient...

Pleased to share new paper using the experience sampling method exploring which everyday activities improve the moods of adolescents (incl. the arts, sport, socialising), and looking at the impact for those with and without symptoms of depression and anxiety.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2...

The Lone Ranger in Covid Town | BPS Dr Aspa Paltoglou (pictured), a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, on continuing to take pandemic precautions.

The Lone Ranger in Covid Town
Dr Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, on continuing to take pandemic precautions.

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Poetic synthesis – a ‘special language’ for research | BPS Katharine Slade, a PhD Student at Aston University, on using ‘research poetry’ with qualitative data in health psychology.

Poetic synthesis – a ‘special language’ for research.

Katharine Slade, a PhD Student at Aston University, on using ‘research poetry’ with qualitative data in health psychology.

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Frontiers | The impact of arts on prescription on individual health and wellbeing: a systematic review with meta-analysis IntroductionThe evidence-base for the impact of participating in the arts for different aspects of health and wellbeing is growing. Arts on Prescription has ...

We have a systematic review of arts on prescription published: The impact of arts on prescription on individual health and wellbeing: a systematic review with meta-analysis - www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...