It's like having a day of freedom, a day off from being ill

Exploring the experiences of people living with mental health problems who attend a community-based arts project, using interpretative phenomenological analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4228486
AutoresJackie Lawson (Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust), Frances Reynolds (0000-0001-7228-6931, Brunel University, UK), Wendy Bryant (0000-0001-5781-3625, Brunel University, UK), Lesley Wilson (Brunel University, UK)
Ano2014
Volume19
Fascículo6
Páginas765-777
Data de publicação2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105313479627
PMID23520347
OpenAlexW1999748395
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas22

To explore the psychosocial benefits of participating in a 2-year community arts project, eight people living with long-term mental health problems were interviewed. The project involved participants in selecting items of professional artwork, creating personal responses and curating a public exhibition. Interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants experienced the arts project as improving self-worth, emancipating self from illness labels, offering a sense of belonging, enabling acquisition of valued skills and offering meaningful occupation and routines. Some regarded their developing creative skills as improving their self-management of mental health. However, some anticipated the project's ending with anxiety

Anxiety · Exhibition · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Sense of community · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research · Psychology · Gerontology · Social Psychology