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Background: The intensification of the consequences of ecological crises over the past decade has made them more visible, leading to a rise in eco-anxiety, especially in young adults. This psychological response is not pathological, but if left unaddressed, it may expose to mental health disorders. Evidence shows that art has mental health benefits, suggesting that harnessing artistic experiences may serve as catalysts for resilience and renewed connection to the living world. Young adults inhabit an increasingly digital world and, therefore, engaging them requires speaking their technological and cultural language.

Methods: This article develops a conceptual framework for exploring the potential of immersive digital art in fostering emotional regulation and ecological awareness for collective and individual eco-emotional and ecological transformations. Through an interdisciplinary lens, it articulates how multisensory experiences foster connection to nature and support mental health. It situates immersive digital art within the broader field of art-based practices that promote mental health.

Results: The framework emphasizes how immersive technologies extend art into participatory forms that spark aesthetic, emotional and ecological resonance, while clarifying that ecological outcomes depend on intentional narrative and curatorial orientation rather than immersion alone.

Conclusion: It suggests that such practices may act as resources for emotional regulation, tools for mediation and catalysts for rethinking cultural policies oriented toward well-being. It outlines ethical and accessibility considerations along with avenues for empirical testing, and highlights implications for future research, clinical practice and cultural institutions, positioning immersive digital art as a transformative medium at the intersection of art, health and ecology.

Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project seeks to harness the power of music and lullabies to enhance perinatal care, strengthen family bonds, and foster individual and community well-being. In 2024, its annual Lullaby Convening brought together an international community of musicians, healthcare professionals, researchers, and community partners to explore how the Lullaby Project supports health, social equity, and vulnerable populations through the universality of lullabies. This practice-based report provides a synthesis of personal testimonies, interdisciplinary research findings, and community-driven insights. Findings emphasized the need for more impact-based research, using a range of approaches, along with innovative pathways for the project's expansion to ensure sustained relevance across diverse cultural contexts worldwide.

Background: The intentions of this scoping review are to determine current uses of visual arts-based interventions for mental health and trauma support of marginalized populations, and to identify current gaps in knowledge in this emergent field.

Method: Six databases (MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Web of Science, PsycINFO, JSTOR) were searched for relevant studies. Following the PRISMA guidelines, 38 articles met the inclusion criteria.

Results: Most interventions focused on improving the mental health of participants, or to provide opportunities for participants to process their experiences of mental health. Participants reported increased well-being, experiences of relaxation and/or distraction, and processing of mental health experiences. They perceived arts-based interventions as helpful and developed mutual social support with other participants.

Conclusion: Arts-based interventions have the potential to inform the development of culturally safe and relevant mental health care for marginalized populations beyond current mainstream mental health practices.

This poem explores the experience of a stroke through metaphorical and artistic imagery, employing the metaphor of a forest engulfed in fire to represent its sudden and destructive impact on the brain and body. Its evocative language is designed to resonate deeply with readers, providing both a powerful portrayal of the emotional impact and urgency of the disease and an uplifting message of renewal and hope, exploring the resilience associated with stroke rehabilitation and the medical care involved.

Social isolation poses a major public health crisis for older adults in the U.S. as it negatively impacts physical and mental health. Intersectional communities, like LGBT older individuals, are particularly impacted. This study assesses the efficacy of an art museum-based intervention on social isolation and wellbeing of LGBT older adults when paired with medical school volunteers in San Francisco. Fifteen participants completed pre- and post-intervention surveys with established questionnaires and open-ended questions, reporting improvements in social connectedness and wellbeing. This pilot program underscores the value of sociocultural activities in enhancing the quality of life among this vulnerable population.

Arts-based research offers an innovative method for exploring complex emotions such as trust by capturing subjective experiences that traditional methods may overlook. Adolescents and young adults with HIV (AYA-WH) are less likely than older adults to achieve viral suppression and remain engaged in care, with only 40-60% retained one year post-transition to adult services. Patient-provider trust plays a critical role in care engagement and adherence, yet little is known about how AYA-WH experience and interpret trust. Using a cross-sectional mixed-methods approach guided by Caring Science, Carper's Ways of Knowing, and Robinson's trust-building model, researchers analyzed free-text survey responses from 108 participants (60% male, 61% non-white, and 39% perinatally acquired HIV). Iterative coding revealed key themes, culminating in Trust: An Exploration in Three Parts, a six-minute film co-created with an award-winning playwright. The film presents themes of trust, patient-provider relationships, and silver linings, offering providers an accessible tool to foster trust and improve care engagement.

The term "creative health" is increasingly used in the context of "arts and health" programming, evaluation and research. In this comment, I draw on the psychology of creativity to critically examine this term (focusing on the word "creative" rather than "health"). I argue that conceptual clarity and consistent terminology are essential for the arts and health field. This is important for two key reasons: 1) to ensure we have shared and comprehensible terms in the field and 2) to clarify the active ingredients within arts-based interventions and activities that contribute to health outcomes.

Background: Arts-based knowledge translation (KT) tools are increasingly being used to make health research more accessible and engaging.

Methods: This paper reports on the evaluation of Readers Theatre - short, theatrical vignettes - as a method for sharing qualitative interview findings with diverse audiences. This approach was evaluated in three settings: a workshop for caregivers and care providers and two undergraduate health classrooms.

Results: Results demonstrate that Readers Theatre is an educational, enjoyable, effective, and useful tool for KT. Most participants perceived it to be as effective or more effective than other KT methods.

Conclusions: While the results are promising, further research is warranted to better understand its full potential.