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Community art project for excluded teenagers

01 March 2010

Mental Health Practice

Feature

This article describes a study of the experiences of young people who took part in a community art project in an inner-city area after being excluded permanently...

Every picture tells a story

15 September 2009

Nursing Standard

Feature

Children can be psychologically, as well as physically, damaged by meningitis. Art therapy can help them to explore their fears.

Assessing the value of offering art activities to patients and carers

06 May 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

A&S Science

Aim The aim of this study was to determine if patients who had undergone treatment and their carers perceived benefits from taking part in an art project facilitated...

Creating a hospital-based arts project for older people

26 November 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

This article describes a hospital-based arts project run for older people in two wards in a mental health trust. The ward team developed therapeutic activities...

Service users can benefit from participation in a community arts project

08 June 2012

Mental Health Practice

Feature

Towers Above is a community arts project for people with enduring mental health conditions. The project has had considerable success in enabling mental health...

Artistic activities can improve patients’ self-esteem

01 December 2010

Mental Health Practice

Feature

This article describes an evaluation of the use of Guidelines to Art, a stencil kit and DVD, to encourage patients and staff to develop their artistic abilities. The...

Creativity and mental health care

01 June 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

With greater awareness of the concept of creativity, mental health practitioners can learn to combine novelty, effectiveness and ethicality with discipline and...

Show me the monet

01 October 2009

Nursing Management

Feature

Experts in the United States believe that observation of art can help healthcare professionals diagnose illnesses and injuries in patients. This article reports on...

Creative care: the role of the arts in hospital

01 September 2010

Nursing Management

Feature

Hospital patients often experience many different art forms, from the simple placing of sculpture in hospital grounds to the involvement of patients and staff in...

Using drawings as a reflective tool to enhance communication in dementia care

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Communication skills training can be a valuable means of supporting professional and family carers of people with dementia. Most communication skills training...