Creativity and Social Support in Mental Health - Service Users' Perspectives (Hardcover)

This volume 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, 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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	R. McDonnell
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-34547-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Abnormal psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Care of the mentally ill Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Psychiatric nursing Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	1-137-34547-0
Barcode:	9781137345479

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