Evidence base for Creativity and the Arts and Wellness…

1.     Engel T, Gowda D, Sandhu JS, Banerjee S. Art Interventions to Mitigate Burnout in Health Care Professionals: A Systematic Review. Perm J. 2023 Jun 15;27(2):184-194. doi: 10.7812/TPP/23.018. Epub 2023 Jun 12. PMID: 37303185; PMCID: PMC10266839.

2.     Mangione, S., Chakraborti, C., Staltari, G. et al. Medical Students’ Exposure to the Humanities Correlates with Positive Personal Qualities and Reduced Burnout: A Multi-Institutional U.S. Survey. J GEN INTERN MED 33, 628–634 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4275-8

3.     Stephenson, K., & Rosen, D.H. (2015). Haiku and Healing:  An Empirical Study of Poetry Writing as Therapeutic and Creative Intervention. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 33(1), 36-60

4.     Karpavičiūtė, S., & Macijauskienė, J. (2016). The Impact of Arts Activity on Nursing Staff Well-Being: An Intervention in the Workplace. International journal of environmental research and public health13(4), 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13040435

5.     Clift S. (2012). Creative arts as a public health resource: moving from practice-based research to evidence-based practice. Perspectives in public health132(3), 120–127. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913912442269

6.     Charon, R., DasGupta, S., Hermann, N., Irvine C., Marcus, E.R., Colón, E., Spencer, D., & Spiegel, M. (2017). The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine.

7.     Gowda, D., Columbia Narrative Medicine, Webinar:  Enhancing Well-being through Visual Arts in Health Professions Education. January 15, 2025

8.     Tjasink, M. et al.(2023). Art therapy-based interventions to address burnout and psychosocial distress in healthcare workers – a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 23:1059

9. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/how-to-teach-doctors-empathy/387784/

 10. PeaceTalks Radio, May 2018, https://www.goodradioshows.org/peaceTalksL180.htm