This attempt by the New Zeethel City Council is initially assigned to 500 patients, and they may suffer from chronic or disabled illnesses such as depression.
Are you stressed? Do you feel tired? Want to lift your mood? Maybe that may be due Your work conditions Or maximum House costsBut in the city of Swiss New Zetel They have chosen to explore other paths to improve the mental health of their citizens: offer Free visits to museums.
In a pilot program launched by local and regional authorities, doctors can now recommend these visits as part of the mental health program. This effort, which includes the cost of entering the city’s four museums, aims to provide “cultural rest” to patients.
The idea is not enjoyed Art: It is supported by science. A statement World Health Organization From 2019 to a number of benefits for mental health that has to engage in cultural activities from reducing the impact of a trauma Until the cognitive slump is reduced. “Art will help you relax the mind, this is almost like a vaccine,” said Newchelle Councilor Julie Cosier Defontenin. “People felt Kovit crisisWhen cultural places are closed, we need how much we need these places to feel better. “
Since it was introduced, the program has distributed about 500 “recipes” with a moderate budget of 10,000 Swiss francs (About 10,460 euros). If you succeed, local managers assume that expanding it to add other cultural activities Like the theater or dancing. Although the Swiss National Health Organization is currently not concealing the culture, Corsier Defondain believes that this will happen in the future.
Marian de Rainier Nevsky, who is responsible for the cultural mediation in Newchelle, has contributed to the development of this project, attracted by a similar effort Launched Magree (Canada) in 2019. He believes that wide range of patients may benefit from victims Deedness Even those who are in Chronic diseases or movement complications. “Even if only an hour in a museum, it is important to encourage patients to leave, walk, and relate to their neighborhood,” says de Rainier.
Mark-Olivier Savin, president of the newly hospital network, has already recommended cultural visits to his patients. For those who are ready for a surgery, he says, which is an opportunity to be in the form and Assets before going through the operating room. This physician believes, and the implementation of it can help you move more patients. “I think these patients will benefit from the recommendation of museums,” says S UV Wayne. “This is a chance to do physical and intellectual exercise.”
Doctors are not just excited. Retired teacher and poet Carla Fraganier Filiger, who recently visited the Ethnographic Museum, is completely supportive of this idea. “It seems a great idea,” he said. “Cooking types should be All the museums in the world!! “.