Creativity and Social Support in Mental Health

Service Users' Perspectives

R. McDonnell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

204 Seiten

2014
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-34547-9 (ISBN)

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This book weaves together service users' lived experiences of mental health recovery and ideas about how creative activities such as art, music, and creative reading and writing can promote it, particularly within social and community settings.

Roberta McDonnell worked in mental health nursing, then completed her BA and PhD in social anthropology at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. She left her university research post to pursue interests in counselling studies and creative writing.

Foreword: The Story of this Book Introduction: The Current State of Play PART I: IDEAS AND EVALUATION IN CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL SUPPORT 1. Creativity and Mental Health 2. Social Support and Daily Structure 3. Service Users in Perspective 4. Evaluation through Recovery Narratives PART II: MODES AND MEANINGS IN SERVICE USER EXPERIENCE 5. Arts and Crafts as Therapeutic Resources 6. Music and Song for a Sense of Well-being 7. Bibliotherapy and Reflective Journaling 8. Creativity and Social Support: A Combination Therapy Conclusions and Recommendations ?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.4.2014
Zusatzinfo	XXV, 204 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Neurologie / Psychiatrie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-137-34547-0 / 1137345470
ISBN-13	978-1-137-34547-9 / 9781137345479
Zustand	Neuware