Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Visiting Art Museums Can Help Patients With Chronic Pain: Study

Researchers from UC-Davis “found that 57 percent of chronic-pain patients who attended a private hour-long tour” – branded as “Art Rx” – “of the galleries of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California, reported a decrease in their pain levels up to three weeks after the tour. Most participants also generally reported feeling less socially disconnected, a common byproduct of chronic pain.”



Article source here:Arts Journal

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