While practising the arts is not the panacea for all mental health challenges, there’s enough evidence to support prioritizing arts in our own lives at home as well as in our education systems.

Collectors collect art, which, in turn, serves as a powerful catalyst for enhancing brain function and mental health. Here, I explore the mechanisms that underlie this process, supported by ...

Oxford University Press has announced ‘brain rot’ as the Word of the Year, referring to the decline in mental sharpness caused by endless screen time, mindless scrolling, and digital overload ...

Oxford University Press has declared 'brain rot' as the Word of The Year for 2024. Psychologist shares concerns about our mental decline linked to excessive consumption of trivial content on ...

Art engages our emotions, memory, and creativity, offering a path to healing by fostering connection, resilience, and self-discovery in mental health.

Painted Brain co-founders Dave Leon, Rayshell Chambers and David “Eli” Israelian use their experiences with mental illness to help guide others toward recovery.

For 2024, their selection is a popular condemnation for consuming low-quality information. The unofficial mental health diagnosis is dubbed brain rot.

These kinds of studies make a case for making art a regular part of our lives, say the authors. “Like exercise and good nutrition, the arts on a routine basis will support your health,” they write.

The relationship between the arts and mental health is well established in the field of art therapy, which applies arts-based techniques (like painting, dancing and role play) as evidence-based ...

Drawing, painting or sculpting with clay can have major benefits for our mental well-being and help reduce anxiety and stress.

Painted Brain is a peer-run mental health nonprofit that started as an art group. Here's a selection of artwork by members who identify as people with lived experience with mental health challenges.

Scientists are using MRI scans to understand how mental illness shows up in the bran. But new research raises concerns that existing studies are not reliable because the sample sizes are too small.