Social Prescribing: What happens when artists are asked to cure structural ills?

在削减心理健康服务和社会处方增长的大环境下，人们对艺术家是否以及如何为参加他们会议的参与者提供支持知之甚少。本研究将回顾社会处方的目的以及处方艺术的目的。该研究将以女性为重点，对艺术家的创作方法和参与者的生活经历进行丰富的描述。这种新的理解将为揭示社会规定的艺术课程如何补充或挑战社区发展理论的分析提供基础。

In a climate of cuts to mental health services and growth in social prescribing, little is known about whether and how artists are equipped to support the participants who populate their sessions. This research will review the aims of social prescribing and what art on prescription sets out to achieve. Focussing on women, who are disproportionately referred, the research will develop rich descriptions of the approach of artists, and the lived experiences of those participating. This new understanding will provide the basis of an analysis to reveal how socially prescribed art sessionscomplement or challenge community development theory.