Julia Hotz

2 months ago | observer.com | Julia Hotz

Bountiful research supports the idea that art can be medicine. Observer StudioArt has long been used as an aesthetic aid in hospitals and healthcare facilities, and art therapy has existed since the mid-20th Century.

Dec 4, 2024 | thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org | Julia Hotz

The Solutions Journalism Network is thrilled to announce its second class of HEAL Fellows — U.S. journalists reporting on, for and with young people who are facing mental health challenges and healing through innovative community responses.

Sep 3, 2024 | reasonstobecheerful.world | Julia Hotz

A Patient Is a Person is a series about how whole-person health is transforming the patient journey. It is supported by funding from UPIC Health. This is an excerpt from The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging (Simon & Schuster) by Julia Hotz. Jonas has always loved exploring other worlds — whether they’re the post-apocalyptic realms of his computer games, or the ancient civilizations of his history textbooks.

Aug 28, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Julia Hotz

Imagine a pill could help treat symptoms of everything from depression to dementia. Imagine this pill could reduce hospitalizations, doctor’s office visits and health care spending. And then, imagine this pill came with no side effects or backbreaking costs; imagine a pill that doctors would feel good about prescribing, and patients would feel good about taking.

Aug 8, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Julia Hotz |Oscar Chen |Sera Choi |Clara Seong

An excerpt from The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging. With slicked-back hair, a fancy-buttoned vest, and a politician-like charisma, you wouldn’t guess Dr. Bogdan Chiva Giurca, a doctor for England’s National Health Service (NHS), grew up in a Romanian village, handwashing his clothes because he couldn’t afford laundry. “I got to taste the real social determinants of health without knowing they were called that,” he says.