Comment on 'Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique' by Skov and Nadal - A critique of the critique: Towards a more nuanced evaluation of current research on the health outcomes of arts-based interventions

Vicky Karkou; Pier Luigi Sacco; Matthew Pelowski; Constantina Theofanopoulou; Catherine Carr; Val Huet; Jane Bourne; Robyn Dowlen; Helen Chatterjee

doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.015

Comment on 'Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique' by Skov and Nadal - A critique of the critique: Towards a more nuanced evaluation of current research on the health outcomes of arts-based interventions

Vicky Karkou^*
, Pier Luigi Sacco
, Matthew Pelowski
, Constantina Theofanopoulou
, Catherine Carr
, Val Huet
, Jane Bourne
, Robyn Dowlen
, Helen Chatterjee

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-151
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics of Life Reviews
Volume	54
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.015
Publication status	Published - 17 Jul 2025

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Arts-based interventions
Health

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Karkou, V., Sacco, P. L., Pelowski, M., Theofanopoulou, C., Carr, C., Huet, V., Bourne, J., Dowlen, R., & Chatterjee, H. (2025). Comment on 'Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique' by Skov and Nadal - A critique of the critique: Towards a more nuanced evaluation of current research on the health outcomes of arts-based interventions. Physics of Life Reviews, 54, 147-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.015

Karkou, Vicky ; Sacco, Pier Luigi ; Pelowski, Matthew et al. / Comment on 'Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique' by Skov and Nadal - A critique of the critique : Towards a more nuanced evaluation of current research on the health outcomes of arts-based interventions. In: Physics of Life Reviews. 2025 ; Vol. 54. pp. 147-151.

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Karkou, V, Sacco, PL, Pelowski, M, Theofanopoulou, C, Carr, C, Huet, V, Bourne, J, Dowlen, R & Chatterjee, H 2025, 'Comment on 'Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique' by Skov and Nadal - A critique of the critique: Towards a more nuanced evaluation of current research on the health outcomes of arts-based interventions', Physics of Life Reviews, vol. 54, pp. 147-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.015

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Karkou V, Sacco PL, Pelowski M, Theofanopoulou C, Carr C, Huet V et al. Comment on 'Can arts-based interventions improve health? A conceptual and methodological critique' by Skov and Nadal - A critique of the critique: Towards a more nuanced evaluation of current research on the health outcomes of arts-based interventions. Physics of Life Reviews. 2025 Jul 17;54:147-151. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2025.07.015

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