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      The Aesthetic Turn in Mental Health: Reflections on an Explorative Study into Practices in the Arts Therapies

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      Journal: Behavioral Sciences
      Publisher: MDPI
      Keywords: arts therapies, dance therapy, music therapy, aesthetics, mental health

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          The paper will draw on materials from arts therapies literature and comments from expert panels to discuss some specific characteristics of the arts therapies and to investigate the role of aesthetic engagement for resilience and mental well-being. The arts increasingly find their way as interventions in mental health domains. However, explorations into the specific mechanisms that underpin the therapeutic effect of arts-based activities are still scarce. Qualitative data were collected from a thematic literature review and experts’ comments on meaningful working procedures in arts therapies. Analysis of multiple data sources revealed core themes and core procedures that occur across arts therapy modalities. This paper presents a practice informed model of arts-based methods in mental health that may serve as a conceptual frame of reference for arts therapists and as study material on the applicability of arts therapy interventions for specific mental health settings.

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          Resilience in developing systems: progress and promise as the fourth wave rises.

          Ann Masten (2007)
          Perspectives based on the first three waves of resilience research are discussed with the goal of informing the fourth wave of work, which is characterized by a focus on multilevel analysis and the dynamics of adaptation and change. Resilience is defined as a broad systems construct, referring to the capacity of dynamic systems to withstand or recover from significant disturbances. As the systems perspective on resilience builds strength and technologies of measuring and analyzing multiple levels of functioning and their interactions improve, it is becoming feasible to study gene-environment interactions, the development of adaptive systems and their role in resilience, and to conduct experiments to foster resilience or reprogram the fundamental adaptive systems that protect development in the context of adversity. Hot spots for future research to study and integrate multiple levels of analysis are delineated on the basis of evidence gleaned from the first waves of resilience research.
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            Towards a ‘patient-centred’ operationalisation of the new dynamic concept of health: a mixed methods study

            M. Huber, M. van Vliet, M Giezenberg … (2016)
            Objective To evaluate among stakeholders the support for the new, dynamic concept of health, as published in 2011: ‘Health as the ability to adapt and to self-manage’, and to elaborate perceived indicators of health in order to make the concept measurable. Design A mixed methods study: a qualitative first step with interviews and focus groups, followed by a quantitative survey. Participants Representatives of seven healthcare stakeholder domains, for example, healthcare providers, patients with a chronic condition and policymakers. The qualitative study involved 140 stakeholders; the survey 1938 participants. Results The new concept was appreciated, as it addresses people as more than their illness and focuses on strengths rather than weaknesses. Caution is needed as the concept requires substantial personal input of which not everyone is capable. The qualitative study identified 556 health indicators, categorised into six dimensions: bodily functions, mental functions and perception, spiritual/existential dimension, quality of life, social and societal participation, and daily functioning, with 32 underlying aspects. The quantitative study showed all stakeholder groups considering bodily functions to represent health, whereas for other dimensions there were significant differences between groups. Patients considered all six dimensions almost equally important, thus preferring a broad concept of health, whereas physicians assessed health more narrowly and biomedically. In the qualitative study, 78% of respondents considered their health indicators to represent the concept. Conclusions To prevent confusion with health as ‘absence of disease’, we propose the use of the term ‘positive health’ for the broad perception of health with six dimensions, as preferred by patients. This broad perception deserves attention by healthcare providers as it may support shared decision-making in medical practice. For policymakers, the broad perception of ‘positive health’ is valuable as it bridges the gap between healthcare and the social domain, and by that it may demedicalise societal problems.
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              The efficacy of creative arts therapies to enhance emotional expression, spirituality, and psychological well-being of newly diagnosed Stage I and Stage II breast cancer patients: A preliminary study

              Peter A.D. Sherrard, Linda Goodwin, Sang Lee … (2006)
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Behav Sci (Basel)
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Behav Sci (Basel)
                Journal ID (publisher-id): behavsci
                Title: Behavioral Sciences
                Publisher: MDPI
                ISSN (Electronic): 2076-328X
                Publication date (Electronic): 23 April 2018
                Publication date Collection: April 2018
                Volume: 8
                Issue: 4
                Electronic Location Identifier: 41
                Affiliations
                Master of Arts Therapies Programme, Codarts University of the Arts, Kruisplein 26, 3012 CC Rotterdam, The Netherlands; rasamaritter@ 123456codarts.nl
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                Publisher ID: behavsci-08-00041
                DOI: 10.3390/bs8040041
                PMC ID: 5946100
                PubMed ID: 29690592
                SO-VID: 12b65193-46f3-478f-bfbd-d5ecf0a6adcb
                Copyright © © 2018 by the author.
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                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

                History
                Date received : 14 March 2018
                Date accepted : 19 April 2018
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                Keywords: arts therapies,dance therapy,music therapy,aesthetics,mental health
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                Keywords: arts therapies, dance therapy, music therapy, aesthetics, mental health

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