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A picture of health
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.10.06, 2006, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article explores the role of a Start Manchester project in using art as therapy for people with mental health needs. The article focuses on an art appreciation project which included discussion, art history, art criticism, practical art, and creative writing. An exhibition of the work at the end of the course proved so successful that the gallery requested an extension
Mucking in to save a life
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 24.01.02, 2002, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A farmer is shunned by his local community due to the effects of depression and fails to look after his animals properly. In isolation he attempts suicide. A practitioner explains to the author how joining the farmer in the fields helped him regain his self-respect.