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

在削减心理健康服务和增加社交处方的环境下，关于艺术家是否以及如何为参加会议的参与者提供支持，人们知之甚少。这项研究将回顾社交处方的目标和处方艺术所要达到的目标。这项研究的重点是女性，她们被提到的比例不成比例，这项研究将丰富地描述艺术家的方法，以及参与其中的人的生活经历。这种新的理解将提供分析的基础，以揭示社会规定的艺术会议如何补充或挑战社区发展理论。

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.