
CANADA: Concordia professor Bonnie Harnden's short film You Arrive wins multiple international award
"After 10 years of clinical and research work at the Montreal Children's Hospital, psychoanalyst and art/drama therapist Bonnie Harnden wrote a play about her time working with children and teenagers who had experienced family trauma and use it as a therapeutic learning tool. Encouraged by the positive response to the play, Harnden decided to go a step further. She teamed up with award-winning filmmaker and fellow Concordia drama therapy graduate Mark Krupa, BA 92 (psycholog

INDIA: Scientific studies are unravelling the link between art and healing
"Dr Samir Parikh, director of the department of mental health and behavioural sciences, Fortis Healthcare, says that art therapy is used to treat a range of mental health issues such as depression, substance abuse, anxiety and schizophrenia. However, the scope of art therapy goes beyond mental health care, he says. “We provide art therapy sessions to all children and teens admitted at Fortis,” he says. “We also provide art-based sessions to patients who are suffering from con