Medical Art

Medical Art: It is the application of Arts into Medical uses, such as to improve the health conditions of oneself. 

There are several forms of medical art, though we would like to expand on two forms of medical art, Visual Arts and Music therapy.

-Music Therapy:

Music therapy helps to address several issues which would be able to help Autistic people.

While autistic individual's language may be deficient, these individuals may process music in similar ways to typically developing individuals. This allows music to be a great avenue for autistic individuals to express their thoughts and feelings. 

Music therapy can also help Cancer patients.

Music helps to ease the pain which these patients might feel and that allows them to better their quality of life.

"A study - which is published in the American Cancer Society's journal, Cancer - looked at 113 patients undergoing stem cell transplant treatments for cancer, who were aged between 11 and 24. The patients were randomized into either the Therapeutic Music Video group, or a control group that received audiobooks. The researchers found that the young people who had completed the Therapeutic Music Video course were reporting significantly better results for coping. The study also evaluated family environment 100 days after treatment and found that the music therapy group was reporting significantly better results for social interaction"

-Visual Arts Therapy 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5rjIDlaXfw

Apart from helping abusers through their rehabilitation process, Visual Arts helps to boost their self-confident which is essential to their lives.

Thinking questions:
-How can arts help to improve the quality of life?
-Do you think that in today's modern society, does art plays a less crucial role in the world?
-"Art is redundant and serve no purpose except to beautify the surroundings." Do you agree?

Articles:

http://www.ucira.ucsb.edu/why-we-need-the-arts-in-medicine/
http://speakartloud.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/the-use-of-art-in-medical-health-care/
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/music-can-help-cancer-patients

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZJ__4CDIKQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ZpxNkBKd0

-Arts brings about psychological benefits to the people, helping the recovery of patients with depression or Autism. 

-Arts have been proved to helped certain symptoms, such as cancer symptoms.