Mental health challenges, including suicidality, remain persistent public health concerns worldwide.
There is growing evidence of the potential benefits of arts and health practices to support individuals experiencing mental health issues.
As an art-based research form, it provides significant scope for theatre-based interventions.
Now is the time to embrace and integrate these innovative approaches, ensuring that the benefits of Arts in health are available to all who need them most.
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Getting Out and Staying Out, co-founded by Tony Smith of the VSA Consulting Group, works to reduce recidivism rate among men at Rikers Island, New York City. The recidivism rate significantly dropped from 60-plus percent to under 20 percent, with more than a thousand men over a span of  eight years.