11 Sep 2017

The healing power of the arts

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 11 September 2017
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Next time you're ill should you be reaching for a paintbrush instead of rushing to the doctor for a prescription?

A new study suggests that appreciating the "arts" can improve our mental and even physical health.

Jill Rivers has written 'the arts apothecary' and is an arts advocate. She says art in everyday life is  "a vital prescription for health, happiness and wellbeing"