Does prescribing participation in arts help to promote recovery for mental health clients?

Theodore Stickley

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Art Therapy and Mental Health Psychiatric care and mental health services Mental Health and Patient Involvement

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BACKGROUND: Although recovery has become the focus of mental health policy in the UK, few models of practice show how mentalhealth nurses may promote recovery through participatory arts. AIM: To explore the experiences of people who engaged with an arts on prescription programme. METHOD: This study used narrative inquiry and participants were interviewed three times over one year. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Participants clearly benefited, especiallyin terms of having a "safe place" to come to, and from making new friends and experiencing peer support. It also enabled some to access education an d voluntarywork. CONCLUSION: Engaging with community based arts activities may provide opportunities for clients to make friends, become more socially engaged and have a greater sense of belonging.

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