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Mental health recovery and arts engagement
- Author:
- JENSEN Anita
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice, 13(3), 2018, pp.157 - 166).
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: Arts and cultural activities have been illustrated to be beneficial for mental health service users. The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits of museum visits and engage in arts activities for mental health service users. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 mental health service users in Denmark. A thematic approach was used to analyse the data and theoretical lens of sociological theories of institutional logics was employed to explore the findings. Findings: These benefits are perceived to include empowerment and meaning in life, which are two of the core principles of recovery; arts engagement can, therefore, be a useful tool in recovery. The findings also show that the experience of visiting a museum was not always positive and depended upon the interaction with the museum educators. Originality/value: The service users identified arts engagement as creating meaning in life and empowerment, which are two element in the conceptual framework, CHIME (an acronym for: Connectedness, Hope and optimism, Identity, Meaning in life and Empowerment), that describes the human process of recovery. The findings also highlighted that if museums want to engage positively with people with mental health problems and contribute to their recovery then the training of staff and the improvement of institutional approaches to support working with vulnerable people are essential. (Edited publisher abstract)
Not just any old job: a Danish initiative to get people into work
- Author:
- ENGELHOLM Bibi
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 3(2), May 1999, pp.11-14.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Appropriate job re-entering (Danish abbreviation: VAP) was a project initiated by the country of Vejle in Denmark and part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). It aimed to qualify people with a psychiatric diagnosis on a personal, social and professional level to re-enter the job market following one or more periods of hospitalisation and medical care. VAP has now been succeeded by a similar project, called the Freno Group, starting this year. Explains how the project has demonstrated that people with a diagnosis of mental illness are able to do work which demands a high level of competence.