Dance is a living art and a physical activity beneficial to health. Toning your body, maintaining your heart health or even working on your memory are already known benefits. A recent study, published in the British Medical Journalalso attributes antidepressant effects to it. For example, dance therapy is today practiced as supportive care, as part of the treatment of severe or chronic pathologies. (Rebroadcast)
How can we explain the beneficial effects of dance on anxiety or depression, for example? How long do these beneficial effects last?
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Dr Emmanuel Monneron, Psychiatrist, dancer, responsible for part-time therapeutic activity center (CATTP) of the center pole at Le Vinatier hospital of Lyon, and at the initiative of the “dance and mental health” project in collaboration with the Maison de la Danse in Lyon.
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