Arts for the Blues: Towards integrating the use of the arts in healthcare and cultural settings to tackle depression and improve wellbeing in the NW

蓝调艺术：将艺术融入医疗保健和文化环境中，以解决抑郁症并改善西北地区的福祉

• 批准号: AH/W007983/1
• 负责人: Vicky Karkou
• 金额: $ 18.49万
• 依托单位: Edge Hill University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW007983%2F1
• 关键词: Arts; Blues; Towards; integrating; use

In this project we will develop a strategy for making the Arts for the Blues intervention easily available to adults and children struggling with depression, low mood or anxiety. This group therapy uses visual arts, music, dance, drama and creative writing to address psychological difficulties and strengthen resources for managing them. Participants are encouraged to actively engage with simple arts-making activities with a clear therapeutic intent. These activities may include: breathing exercises to manage anxiety, free writing to support self-expression; mirroring tasks to develop relationships, use of objects to share difficult stories, engagement in rhythmical connections to address isolation (see www.artsfortheblues.com for further details on the intervention and relevant audio-visual material). Evidence suggests that arts-based interventions are more accessible and attractive for people who find it difficult to talk about their problems or who are seeking an alternative to talking therapies. This could include adults and children from diverse backgrounds, refugees and migrant communities, and those struggling with loneliness and isolation. The Arts for the Blues intervention was first developed to address mental health concerns in inner city neighbourhoods in Manchester and has since been successfully piloted in charities and schools in the North West of England, an area faced with long standing health inequalities. Participants in the arts-based groups showed marked psychological outcomes including lower scores of depression and anxiety and improved wellbeing, life functioning and social communication. In this project we will therefore ask the question: How can the Arts for the Blues intervention be scaled up for integration within healthcare and cultural organisations to tackle depression and improve wellbeing in communities across the North West of England?In order to answer this question, we will bring together artists, health professionals, existing networks and partnerships in three events in order to co-create a strategy for making the intervention readily available across the region. We will also offer workshops, focus groups and training to at least one healthcare and one cultural organisation. Throughout the process we will work alongside our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group to ensure our target beneficiaries have a voice. The group currently includes people using psychological services who have attended Arts for the Blues groups and will be expanded to include PPI members from project partners. Methodologically, we will adopt a realist evaluation approach which will allow us to develop a strategy that is scalable, sustainable, aligned with systems thinking and promises to offer solutions to long-standing health inequalities in the region and beyond.Over the lifetime of the project, we will produce an online toolkit to include case examples and training materials, a film with the main findings and user testimonies, and a plan for the integration of this creative form of therapy in different settings.

在这个项目中，我们将制定一项策略，使与抑郁、情绪低落或焦虑作斗争的成人和儿童更容易获得“忧郁艺术”干预。这种团体疗法利用视觉艺术、音乐、舞蹈、戏剧和创意写作来解决心理困难，并加强管理这些困难的资源。鼓励参与者积极参与具有明确治疗意图的简单艺术制作活动。这些活动可能包括：控制焦虑的呼吸练习，支持自我表达的自由写作；通过镜像任务来发展关系，利用物品来分享困难的故事，通过有节奏的联系来解决孤立问题（有关干预措施和相关视听材料的进一步详细信息，请参阅www.artsfortheblues.com）。有证据表明，对于那些难以谈论自己的问题或正在寻求替代谈话疗法的人来说，以艺术为基础的干预措施更容易获得，也更有吸引力。这可能包括来自不同背景的成人和儿童、难民和移民社区以及在孤独和孤立中挣扎的人。“蓝调艺术”干预最初是为了解决曼彻斯特内城社区的心理健康问题而开发的，此后在英格兰西北部的慈善机构和学校成功试点，该地区长期面临健康不平等。以艺术为基础的小组的参与者表现出明显的心理结果，包括抑郁和焦虑得分较低，幸福感、生活功能和社交能力得到改善。因此，在这个项目中，我们将提出这样一个问题：如何将蓝调艺术干预扩大到医疗保健和文化组织的整合中，以解决英格兰西北部社区的抑郁症和改善福祉？为了回答这个问题，我们将在三个活动中召集艺术家、卫生专业人员、现有网络和伙伴关系，共同制定一项战略，使整个区域都能随时获得干预措施。我们还将为至少一个医疗保健组织和一个文化组织提供讲习班、焦点小组和培训。在整个过程中，我们将与患者和公众参与（PPI）小组合作，确保我们的目标受益人有发言权。该小组目前包括参加过“蓝调艺术”小组的心理服务人员，并将扩大到项目合作伙伴的PPI成员。在方法上，我们将采取现实主义的评估方法，这将使我们能够制定一项可扩展、可持续、符合系统思维的战略，并承诺为该区域内外长期存在的卫生不平等提供解决办法。在项目的整个生命周期内，我们将制作一个在线工具包，其中包括案例和培训材料，一部包含主要发现和用户证词的电影，以及将这种创造性的治疗形式整合到不同环境中的计划。