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Author McDonnell, Roberta.

Title Creativity and Social Support in Mental Health [electronic resource] ; Service Users' Perspectives / Roberta McDonnell.

Publication Information 2014.
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Note Palgrave SHEDL 2015/2016 EBS
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Epublication based on: 9781137345479, 2014.
Contents 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.
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Summary 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. Creativity and Social Support in Mental Health explores service users' lived experiences of mental health recovery within a day-centre setting where creative activity and social support were key aspects of the service. These two facets, creative activity and social support are established as conducive to mental health, particularly when in partnership with one another and when there is a venue in which to gather on a regular and frequent basis. McDonnell argues that the uplifting effects of creative activities such as art, music, and creative reading and writing (bibliotherapy), alongside the communality incorporated into the general ethos and social setting of many of the projects cited, are a positive force for change and that resource allocation and integrated care models should reflect this new paradigm. These findings are situated within a framework that takes into account current publicised debates on the nature of psychiatry and mental health care and suggests that creativity and social support are at least as important as mainstream medical treatment, especially within a recovery and health promotion model.
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Biography 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.
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