Viewing and engaging in an art therapy exhibit by people living with mental illness: implications for empathy and social change

Potash, Jordan S.; Ho, Rainbow T. H.; Chick, J.K.Y.; Yeung, Friendly S. W. Au

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2013.05.004

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“…Although this practise is based in the visual arts, viewers can respond to art and performance with movement, sound, poetry and storytelling. New realisations and discoveries can lead to gaining a wider perspective, increasing understanding and fostering helping behaviours towards people living with mental illness (Potash, Ho, Chick, & Au Yeung, 2013).…”

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Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts: People Living with Mental Illness Need a Caring Community

Potash

2018

Social Change

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Furthering social inclusion for marginalised members of society demands advocacy efforts focussed on holistic citizenship. Harnessing compassion, the arts can activate four component elements: narratives, actual stories and voices of members of a society; encounters, opportunities for dialogue among members of a society; reflection, values clarification and self-awareness and community, spaces that allow for creative engagement. This theoretical framework is demonstrated in an 18-month campaign designed to promote social inclusion by decreasing stigma and increasing public awareness of people living with mental illness in Hong Kong. The programme utilised an art exhibition created by people living with mental illness, guided relational viewing art-making workshops for the general public, and collaborative art-making opportunities. Integrating compassion and the arts into the citizenship framework provided participants with opportunities to engage with one another, clarify misconceptions and arrive at meaningful social policy programmatic initiatives.

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Section: Reflectionmentioning

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Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts: People Living with Mental Illness Need a Caring Community

Potash

2018

Social Change

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“…Previous qualitative research has been positive regarding the value of the arts in promoting empathic understanding for HCPs. Engaging with an art therapy exhibit by people living with mental illness prompted participating HCPs to identify with the artists’ feelings, and they voiced a desire to assist the artists 39. Art-based teaching in medical education demonstrated comparable findings on how creative approaches stimulated appreciation and understanding of differences in people’s views and experiences 40.…”

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‘It’s a powerful message’: a qualitative study of Australian healthcare professionals’ perceptions of asthma through the medium of drawings

2019

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ObjectivesThis study aimed to explore healthcare professionals’ (HCPs’) perspectives of asthma through their drawings, and their responses when viewing patients’ drawings of their experiences of asthma.DesignA qualitative exploratory study with a purposive, convenience sample of participants. Participants were asked to first express their perspectives of asthma in a drawing, which was followed by a review of drawings made by patients with asthma.SettingPrimary and tertiary HCPs from Sydney, Australia.ParticipantsTwenty-three HCPs from a range of health professions.ResultsThe HCPs illustrated their perspective of asthma through drawings which were largely biomedically framed, depicting physiological and clinical aspects of asthma. In contrast, their discussion around the patients’ drawings centred on the person more than the condition. The patients’ drawings triggered the HCPs to revisit their personal expectations of their patients’ illness experience; prompted differing degrees of acknowledgement and empathy regarding the patient experience; and encouraged clinical reflexivity.ConclusionsOur findings provide support for the educational application of patients’ drawings in bringing HCPs closer to the patient lived experience. The drawings fostered deeper insight into patient perspectives of asthma and stimulated critical reflection on current healthcare practices.

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“…(1) Potash et al (2013) describe using arts developed by people experiencing mental health problems to help reduce stigma about mental illness amongst the audience -in terms of the framework in Figure 1 the immediate goal would be in the macro-level, short-term cell, with possibilities for working across the time axis for explore medium-to longer-term impact;…”

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Understanding integrated working between arts and care settings

Clark

2014

Journal of Integrated Care

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to discuss integrated working between the arts and those in care settings. Identifying that the field is very broad, with diverse evidence and experience within it, the paper argues that there is a need to find ways in which to be clearer about the purpose of specific arts and care integrated projects. The paper draws on a case study project to develop some insights and a framework to help address this challenge. Design/methodology/approach -The paper is a conceptual discussion and development drawing upon insights from relevant literature and a case study analysis of an integration project between a hospice service, an art gallery and an artist. Findings -The integrated working case study project between the hospice, art gallery and artist highlights some points about a lack of conceptual frameworks to help locate the purpose of diverse arts and care projects. There is scope for much confusion about the nature and purpose of such integration projects without a clear framework for articulating the aims of individual integration endeavours and their place in relation to other arts and care work. This paper develops a framework and a clear understanding about the different kinds and goals of integrated working between arts and care settings to help with future practical and research projects.Research limitations/implications -The paper reports a case study which highlights key themes from which generalisation to other services will require interpretation for particular contexts. Practical implications -The ideas present a helpful approach to articulating the goals of individual projects and to better understand the place of projects in relation to other arts and care initiatives. Social implications -There is much scope for better integrated working between arts and care settings to achieve better outcomes for users of care services, and the ideas presented here should help to better organise and evaluate such developments. Originality/value -This is the first paper to set out the framework presented to help with better integrated working between arts and care settings.

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Viewing and engaging in an art therapy exhibit by people living with mental illness: implications for empathy and social change

Cited by 37 publications

References 26 publications

Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts: People Living with Mental Illness Need a Caring Community

Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts: People Living with Mental Illness Need a Caring Community

‘It’s a powerful message’: a qualitative study of Australian healthcare professionals’ perceptions of asthma through the medium of drawings

Understanding integrated working between arts and care settings

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