Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery
Background: In line with recovery theories, psychosocial programs for people diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) should focus more on wellbeing and social connectivity outcomes rather than clinical symptoms. This paper assesses the impact of creative workshops participation on the psychologic...
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| author | Saavedra, Javier Arias, S. Crawford, Paul Perez, Elvira |
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| description | Background: In line with recovery theories, psychosocial programs for people diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) should focus more on wellbeing and social connectivity outcomes rather than clinical symptoms. This paper assesses the impact of creative workshops participation on the psychological wellbeing, social connectivity and subjective experience of people diagnosed with SMI.
Method: After participating in a creative workshop in a museum, 19 people, including service users, keyworkers, the art facilitator and a psychologist were interviewed. Four observers participated in the workshop and provided information about the creative process by means of a discussion group. Data was analysed in accordance with thematic analysis methodology and triangulated in order to obtain reliability.
Results: Five essential categories were identified: learning process, social connection, psychological wellbeing, institutional change and mutual recovery.
Conclusions: Creative activities may cause a transformation of the image of dysfunction associated with mental illness as well as promoting health and recovery. |
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| spelling | nottingham-469832020-05-04T19:11:28Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46983/ Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery Saavedra, Javier Arias, S. Crawford, Paul Perez, Elvira Background: In line with recovery theories, psychosocial programs for people diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) should focus more on wellbeing and social connectivity outcomes rather than clinical symptoms. This paper assesses the impact of creative workshops participation on the psychological wellbeing, social connectivity and subjective experience of people diagnosed with SMI. Method: After participating in a creative workshop in a museum, 19 people, including service users, keyworkers, the art facilitator and a psychologist were interviewed. Four observers participated in the workshop and provided information about the creative process by means of a discussion group. Data was analysed in accordance with thematic analysis methodology and triangulated in order to obtain reliability. Results: Five essential categories were identified: learning process, social connection, psychological wellbeing, institutional change and mutual recovery. Conclusions: Creative activities may cause a transformation of the image of dysfunction associated with mental illness as well as promoting health and recovery. Taylor and Francis 2017-10-09 Article PeerReviewed Saavedra, Javier, Arias, S., Crawford, Paul and Perez, Elvira (2017) Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice . ISSN 1753-3023 Mental Health; Recovery; Visual Arts; Museum; Schizophrenia http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17533015.2017.1381130 doi:10.1080/17533015.2017.1381130 doi:10.1080/17533015.2017.1381130 |
| spellingShingle | Mental Health; Recovery; Visual Arts; Museum; Schizophrenia Saavedra, Javier Arias, S. Crawford, Paul Perez, Elvira Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery |
| title | Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery |
| title_full | Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery |
| title_fullStr | Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery |
| title_short | Impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery |
| title_sort | impact of creative workshops for people with severe mental illness: art as a means of recovery |
| topic | Mental Health; Recovery; Visual Arts; Museum; Schizophrenia |
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