How artists can safeguard their mental health?

 Depression and anxiety can be due to the nature of the art business due to its precarious economic status 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 prominent artists in the history of art who struggled with addiction.

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

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

 Month is "a national celebration that takes place every September in order to promote and support evidence-based treatment and recovery methods" for people who work with mental health.

 addiction and substance addiction and substance abuse problems.

 There are many options to heal, such as individual therapy or more programs that are based on community. Recovery Month is an opportunity to acknowledge that.

 "The emergence of a strong recovery community and the commitment of the service providers throughout the country who make it possible for people to recover,"

 "Recovery in all of its forms"

 Ana Finel Honigman (Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor) is one of these service providers. Ana works at Aquila Recovery in Washington.

 D.C. studied at Johns Hopkins University after completing an PhD in Art History at Oxford University.

 Ana has written extensively on the arts for publications such as Artforum. Artnews. Artnet. She also taught classes at NYU Steinhardt.

 Culture, Education, and Human Development, Berlin and Sarah Lawrence College's Semester Abroad Program at Oxford University, Wadham College

 Ana's debut book, Cult Artists - 50 Cutting Edge Creatives You Should know, was released back in the year 2019. The most recent book she's published is called What

 Alexander McQueen can Teach you Fashion--a biography about the famous designer who took his own life in the year 2010

 Are musicians more at risk of mental health issues than other professionals? What are the reasons or reason why?

 AFH The answer is yes and No. Artists' mental well-being can be affected by specific profession-specific stressors. I recently listened to

 Decoder Ring's incredible podcast episode about Ilona Granet, feminist-activist artist, is an excellent example of a podcast that I love. It

 We ended with the profound observation: "Being an artist is a higher-stakes kind of being human." This is usually true.

 In the absence of the stability of finances or benefits, or even a plan that is inherently and terribly unstable structure can make it difficult to sustain an active and healthy life.

 Artists struggle with both ends of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. They are expected to be vulnerable and open in the public. However, they have been able to communicate basic human needs up until recently.

 Needs were branded as vulgar and crass.