'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome
Responding to a call for quantitative outcome evidence about the therapeutic relationship between creative activity and mental health, this study examined the mental health outcomes of inpatients participating in art- and craft-based creative therapies at a private psychiatric hospital over a 5-year...
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| description | Responding to a call for quantitative outcome evidence about the therapeutic relationship between creative activity and mental health, this study examined the mental health outcomes of inpatients participating in art- and craft-based creative therapies at a private psychiatric hospital over a 5-year period. The creative activity group sample (n = 403) improved from admission to discharge across four different psychometric measures with moderate to strong mean effect sizes. Reductions from pre- to post-treatment in both self-reported and clinician-rated symptoms are clearly demonstrated for the creative activity group participant sample. Research findings establish that participation in creative activity has potential benefits for people experiencing mental health problems |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-54772017-09-13T16:07:59Z 'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome Caddy, L. Crawford, Frances Page, A. Responding to a call for quantitative outcome evidence about the therapeutic relationship between creative activity and mental health, this study examined the mental health outcomes of inpatients participating in art- and craft-based creative therapies at a private psychiatric hospital over a 5-year period. The creative activity group sample (n = 403) improved from admission to discharge across four different psychometric measures with moderate to strong mean effect sizes. Reductions from pre- to post-treatment in both self-reported and clinician-rated symptoms are clearly demonstrated for the creative activity group participant sample. Research findings establish that participation in creative activity has potential benefits for people experiencing mental health problems 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5477 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01785.x Blackwell Publishing Ltd restricted |
| spellingShingle | Caddy, L. Crawford, Frances Page, A. 'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome |
| title | 'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome |
| title_full | 'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome |
| title_fullStr | 'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome |
| title_short | 'Painting a path to wellness': Correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome |
| title_sort | 'painting a path to wellness': correlations between participating in a creative activity group and improved measured mental health outcome |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5477 |