How Making Art Helps Improve Mental Health

Image caption: Patients who are struggling with everything from ADHD to eating disorders have turned to art therapy for help. Image credit:  Emily Lankiewicz. Article by Sarah Kuta. Smithsonian Magazine – July 11, 2022.

Like many, Andrea Cooper felt increasingly isolated and lonely during the coronavirus pandemic. Cooper, a retired graphic designer and amateur folk musician who leads a grant-funded art program for cancer patients at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center, is a highly social person. So when the pandemic led to the cancellation of many of her activities and events, and caused others to be switched to Zoom, she missed her usual face-to-face connections with others. […]

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