Creativity and Social Support in Mental Health [electronic resource] : Service Users' Perspectives /
McDonnell, R.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface: The Story of This Book; Acknowledgements; 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 Users' 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 for Policy and PracticeBibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Clinical psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Social service.
Social work.
Arts.
Nursing.
Clinical Psychology.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Social Work and Community Development.
Social Work.
Arts.
Nursing.