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You'll find below lots of exciting arts and health blogs, including posts about our LINK and LEAD events, as well as book reviews and author interviews.
If you're interested in being interviewed about a book, systematic review or meta-analysis that you've been involved with, have an author in mind you'd like to interview or are interested in writing a book review or an event overview, then please submit your interest here.
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Dec 16, 20192 min read
LEARN: Overview of the WHO report on the role of the arts in improving health and wellbeing
Blog post written by Robyn Dowlen (Arts Health ECRN Blog Editor and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Cultural Value). Summary...

Aug 8, 20192 min read
LEARN: Review of Perfect Pitch in the Key of Autism
Blog post written by Sanja Cajic (Sydney Representative) Kupferstein and Rancer (2016) Perfect Pitch in the Key of Autism: A Guide for...

Jul 16, 20194 min read
Interview with Tony Gillam - Author of Creativity, Wellbeing and Mental Health Practice
Blog post written by Robyn Dowlen (Blog Editor) In a new feature for the blog we are conducting interviews with authors who have...

Jul 10, 20192 min read
LINK Event - Arts & Health: Snapshots of Research and Practice (Kings College, London)
Blog post written by Saoirse Finn (Network Coordinator) In collaboration with Kings College London’s (KCL) Health + Humanities Society...

Jun 19, 20192 min read
LEARN: Review of The Healing Presence of Art
Book Review by Victoria Lupascu. Summary The book develops chronologically over twenty-five chapters from early Renaissance to the...

Apr 15, 20192 min read
LINK Event: Twitter Chat on Arts on Prescription
Blog post written by Robyn Dowlen (Blog Editor) On Thursday 11th April the Arts Health ECRN hosted an online twitter chat which focussed...

Apr 8, 20193 min read
Measuring and Increasing the Value of Culture Symposium (HOME, Manchester)
Blog post written by Robyn Dowlen (Arts Health ECRN Blog Editor) On Wednesday 3rd April, HOME Manchester hosted a national symposium...

Mar 29, 20192 min read
LINK Event: Coffee & Chat, Cambridge (UK)
Blog post written by Emily Bradfield (East Anglia Representative) Coffee & Chat, a LINK event open to members of the Arts Health ECR...

Mar 16, 20193 min read
LEAD Event: Arts Health Research Intensive, Snape Maltings, UK
Blog post written by Emily Foulkes (Arts Health ECRN Cornwall Representative) The ECRN’s second annual Arts Health Research Intensive was...

Mar 4, 20192 min read
LINK Event: An Evening with Ravi Thornton, Manchester (UK)
This blog post was written by Dr Kat Taylor, our North West Representative On Wednesday 24th September a LINK event, An Evening with...

Feb 26, 20191 min read
LINK Event: Edinburgh Outing
We are delighted to announce that our next LINK event in Scotland will involve a group trip to Minds In Music - The Interaction of Music...

Jan 30, 20195 min read
LINK Event - Nordic Arts & Health Research Conference (Arts Academy, Turku, Finland)
Blog post written by Liisa Laitinen (AHECRN Finland Representative), Anita Jensen (AHECRN Denmark Representative) & Gemma Goodall (AHECRN...

Jan 16, 20193 min read
Royal Society of Public Health Event: Challenges for Research into Group Singing (London, UK)
Blog post written by Dr Jenny Groarke (Queen's University Belfast | AHECRN Northern Ireland Representative) On Monday the 17th of...

Dec 21, 20181 min read
AHECRN Top Ten Highlights of 2018
Excerpt taken from the December ECRN newsletter. It’s been an amazing year for the ECRN and we want to share our top 10 highlights with...

Dec 12, 20183 min read
LINK Event - Arts and Health: Careers and Networking (University of Edinburgh)
Blog post written by Katey Warran (Network Coordinator) On Thursday 6 December 2018, the Arts Health ECRN hosted their first Arts and...

Dec 12, 20185 min read
National Organization for Arts in Health Conference: Texas| USA
Blog post written by Katrina Pineda (AHECRN California Representative) The National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) recently held...

Nov 17, 20183 min read
Launch of the MARCH Network
Blog post written by Saoirse Finn (Network Coordinator) On November 8th the UK MARCH Network was launched at the Royal Society of Public...

Nov 14, 20184 min read
LINK: Twitter Chat MARCH Network Launch
Blog post written by Claire Carswell (PhD Student, Queen's University Belfast) On Wednesday the 7th of November the Arts Health ECRN...

Aug 13, 20183 min read
LEARN: Review of 'Psychological Effects of Musical Experiences'
Theorell, T. (2014). Psychological Effects of Musical Experiences: Theories, Studies and Reflections in Music Health Science. New York:...

Jun 29, 20183 min read
LEARN: Review of 'Healing Arts: The History of Art Therapy'
Review by Sarah Ahmed Hogan, S. (2001). Healing arts: The history of art therapy. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Hogan’s Healing Arts...
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