How artists can protect their Mental Health

 Depression and anxiety can be caused by the character of the art business, with its economic precarity and critiques and "winner gets everything" reward system.

 Substance abuse. It is well-known, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko are just two of the many artists who have suffered from addiction.

 Jean-Michel Basquiat (heroin) to (alcohol).

 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website (SAMHSA) is run by the US government and explains National Recovery.

 Month is a "national celebration that is held every September to support and promote the latest evidence-based treatments and recovery practices" for people who are dealing with the illness.

 addiction and substance addiction and substance abuse disorders.

 There are many options to recover, including individual therapy as well as more programs that are based on community. Recovery Month was established to celebrate this.

 "The creation of a strong and proud community of recovery and the commitment and dedication of community and service provider members across the country who make this happen.

 "Recovery in all of its forms"

 Ana Finel Honigman from Aquila Recovery, Washington is among these providers.

 D.C. is a Johns Hopkins University student who earned an PhD from Oxford University in Art History.

 Ana has published many articles about the arts and culture for magazines such as Artforum. Artnews. Artnet. She also taught classes at NYU's Steinhardt school of

 Culture, Education, and Human Development in Berlin and Sarah Lawrence College's semester abroad programme in Oxford University, Wadham College.

 Ana's first book, Cult Artists: 50 cutting-edge creatives you need to Know, was published in 2019. The title of her latest book, What?, was released this month.

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 AA: Are artists at greater risk for mental health problems than other professionals? Why or not?

 AFH The answer is yes and No. The mental health of artists can be affected if they're exposed to certain stresses within their work. I was listening to

 Decoder Ring, one of my favourite podcasts, has an episode that is awe-inspiring about Ilona Grandet's career and frustrations. It

 We concluded with a profound conclusion: "Being an artist is a higher-stakes kind of being human." This is often the case.

 A fundamentally unstable system that is not able to sustain a healthy, adult lifestyle without stability in the financial market, benefits, or a path.

 Artists must deal with both ends Maslow’s hierarchy. They are viewed by the general public to be vulnerable and raw yet they are able to communicate their fundamental needs.

 The stigmatization of the need was insufferable, sexist.