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Mental Health and the Arts
John Geddes
University of Oxford
Mental health
• Defined mental disorders (depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, dementia
•“Mental health” – milder degrees of low mood, anxiety, stress, social risk factors for defined mental disorders
Art
• Includes many activities
• Seems like a “good thing”
• Not free, potential risks – therefore needs proper evaluation
Level of intervention
Society/communityHealth care environment
Professional trainingIndividual person
Society/community
• Aim: health promotion, avoidance of medicalisation
• Outcomes • Prevention of mental disorder• Reduction of risk factors• Promotion of social inclusion
• Evaluation: social science methodology
Health care environment
• Aim: complementary• Outcomes
• Promotion of recovery• Positive interaction with therapies• Promotion of social inclusion
• Evaluation: qualitative, ?necessary
Professional training
• Aim: improve clinician’s ability to work with
• Outcomes • Promotion of recovery• Positive interaction with therapies• Promotion of social inclusion
• Evaluation: qualitative, ?necessary
Specific interventions with individuals with mental disorders
• Aim: to improve health status• Outcomes
• Symptom reduction• Promotion of recovery• Improvement of quality of life• Reduce risk of relapse• Promote reintegration
• Evaluation: Randomised evidence v. alternative therapies, to estimate relative benefits and costs; alternative designs for some outcomes
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