According to Conscious Dancer Magazine:
"In a surprise statement today, the American Medical Association did an about face on the pharmaceutical industry, and recommended that before prescribing anti-depressants or mood-altering drugs to people of any age, and especially youth, that a program of holistic dance/movement therapy be implemented first and evaluated before trying medication as a last resort. The new initiative, called "Dance First", is a call-to-action for everyone in the health care industry and dance/movement fields to be proactive, and is timed to take advantage of the auspicious nature and spirit of levity that surrounds April 1st... ;-)"
"On that note, meet this weeks MoveMap members of the week, Dr. Danielle "Dani" Fraenkel and Jeffrey Mehr, our dear friends and founders of Kinections Dance/Movement Therapy in Rochester New York. They are the creators of LivingDance~LivingMusic™ and also contributors of a great article on The Power of Breath in Conscious Dancer #20."
So - silly me. I didn't realize I was that gullible. The first paragraph was an April fools joke. What is surprising is that I know that common sense doesn't make its way into the medical profession very easily. The fact is that until millions of dollars are poured into research, our eyes and ears can tell us that dance and dance/movement therapy is an effective anti-depressant, but that doesn't "hold water". Yet, how can it not be! Try skipping, dancing, singing joyfully on a regular basis and see if you can hold onto your depression. Better yet, try it with a dance/movement therapist.
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