A special edition of the Journal of Health Psychology with a selection of empirical and theoretical reports on the linkages between health psychology and the arts.
Critical approaches within health psychology continue to explore new methods of working and new theoretical ideas from other disciplines. One area that remains under-explored is the potential links with the arts. This special issue contains a selection of empirical and theoretical reports on the linkages between health psychology and the arts. It includes arts and health projects in clinical, community and educational contexts; projects with young and old people, projects with people from different social and ethnic background and projects using different forms of art.
Articles include:
Health Psychology and the Arts: A conversation
Michael Murray and Ross Gray
Impact of Music Therapy to Promote Positive Parenting and Child Development
Jan M. Nicholson, Donna Berthelsen, Vicky Abad, Kate Williams, and Julie Bradley
Using the Arts in Teaching and Learning: Building Student Capacity for Community-based Work in Health Psychology
Elizabeth Thomas and Anne Mulvey
The Impact of Participation in Performing Arts on Adolescent Health and Behaviour: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Norma Daykin, Judy Orme, David Evans, Debra Salmon, with, Malcolm McEachran, and Sarah Brain
Lost in Translation: The Question of Evidence Linking Community-based Arts and Health Promotion
Christine Putland
Playing in the Mud: Health Psychology, the Arts and Creative Approaches to Health Care
Paul M. Camic
Plus book reviews:
- Therese Schmid (Ed.), Promoting Health through Creativity: For Professionals in Health, Arts and Education
- Judith A. Rubin, Art Therapy Has Many Faces