26isfam025 10.3205/26isfam025 urn:nbn:de:0183-26isfam0259 Meeting Abstract Bailey Bailey Christopher C

University College London Jameel Arts and Health Lab

author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 20260612 engl This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Dieser Artikel ist ein Open-Access-Artikel und steht unter den Lizenzbedingungen der Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (Namensnennung). M0652 025 International Society for Arts and Medicine The Healing Arts – Forging Alliances of Arts & Medicine Plenary Abstracts Berlin 20260618 20260620 26isfam025 TextIn this performance/presentation, Bailey will argue that collective sensemaking, particularly through modes of creative expression, are essential in the recovery process of conflict induced trauma, both for the individual and for the community at large. He will cover the neurology of traumatic recovery through arts as well as the concepts of memorialization and transitional justice as a way of interrupting the cycle of transgenerational trauma and systemic violence. Using examples from history, both ancient and recent, Bailey will not only describe the mechanisms of healing and transformation in terms of basic science, but use the tools of creative expression to allow the audience to feel the biochemical reactions just described. 0 0 0 0