Eight Weeks of Salsa: The Dance Class That Lifted Depression in a Cambridge Trial

Eight Weeks of Salsa: The Dance Class That Lifted Depression in a Cambridge Trial

In a randomized trial, 121 young adults with mild to moderately severe depressive symptoms who took an eight-week salsa class improved significantly more than a waitlist control group — with the largest gains in social anxiety and daily happiness.

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Feeling down? A salsa class might help, according to researchers — TMJ4 News (Oct 20, 2026), reporting on the Cambridge University study of social dance-based activity for young adults with depressive symptoms.

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