Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt summarises the phenomenal contribution that the arts and creativity make to the health and wellbeing of individuals and societies by sharing the cutting-edge scientific evidence.
It shares how people can use the arts to support specific mental and physical health outcomes for different clinical conditions. It uncovers the major challenges being faced globally to the arts sector and artists around the world. And it has the ultimate aim of trying to achieve a step-change in how people view and value the arts – not as a luxury but as an essential.
Informed by the results of decades of scientific studies, Art Cure explains why the arts – alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature – are the forgotten fifth pillar of health and gives you the tools to write your own ‘arts prescription’.
Art Cure can be ordered online through the links at the UK Penguin website here or the US Macmillan Website here
