How artists can protect their mental health

 Depression and anxiety are often caused by the nature of the art business, with its economic precarity and criticisms, as well as "winner gets everything" rewards system.

 Substance abuse. It is widely known that Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko were among the most famous artists in the history of art who battled addiction.

 Jean-Michel Basquiat (heroin), to Jean-Michel Basquiat

 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website (SAMHSA) that is administered by the US government, offers information on National Recovery.

 Month is "a national observance held every September to promote and support the development of evidence-based treatment and recovery practices" for those who are dealing with

 Addiction and other substance abuse disorders.

 There are many ways to heal, such as individual therapy as well as more programs that are based on community. In this spirit Recovery Month is also designed to recognize

 "The rise of a strong and proud recovery community and the commitment of community and service provider members from all over America that make this possible,"

 Recovery in all its forms is feasible

 Washington is among these providers.

 D.C., who was awarded the PhD at Oxford University in Art History and studied at Johns Hopkins University.

 Ana has written extensively on the arts for publications such as Artforum. Artnews. Artnet. She has also taught courses at NYU's Steinhardt school of

 Culture, Education, and Human Development, Berlin and Sarah Lawrence College's semester away program at Oxford University, Wadham College.

 Ana's first book, Cult Artists: 50 cutting-edge creatives you need to Know, came out in 2019. Her latest book, published in the month of April, is entitled What

 Alexander McQueen Can Teach You About Fashion--a biographical sketch of the famed designer who tragically committed suicide in the year 2010.

 The AA: Are musicians more susceptible than other professionals with mental health issues? What is the reason?

 AfH The answer is yes and No. The mental health of artists is influenced by professional-specific stressors. I was listening to

 Decoder Ring has an amazing episode on Ilona Granet, a feminist-activist artist. It

 We ended with the profound observation: "Being an artist is an extremely high-risk type of human." This is often the case.

 An inherently and profoundly unstable structure that is not able to support a sustained, healthy, adult lifestyle without financial stability, benefits, or a path.

 Both ends of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs are a challenge for artists. They are expected to be vulnerable and raw in public, but until recently, they were able to express their fundamental

 The stigmatization of the need was crass, vulgar.