CONFERENCE REVIEW: British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) and American Art Therapy Association (AATA) Art Therapy Practice and Research Conference, London, UK, 2019

Kalmanowitz, Debra; Kaimal, Girija; Cagnoletta, Mimma Della; Kelly, Jo; Alfonso, Maria Regina A.; Lay, Ronald P.M.H.

doi:10.15212/caet/2019/5/27

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“…a therapist or counsellor (O’Donnell et al , 2022). Hence, this intervention is distinct from creative arts therapies (CATs), such as drama therapy (Kalmanowitz et al , 2019). While a drama therapist has received clinical training that enables them to adopt a dual role of group facilitator and primary therapist (Wood, 2015), the role of facilitator in C4C is to train participants to perform stand-up comedy while sharing perspectives of their own lived experience with anorexia.…”

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“Finding light in the darkness”: exploring comedy as an intervention for eating disorder recovery

Declercq,

Kafle,

Peters

et al. 2024

MHRJ

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Purpose Eating disorders (EDs) remain a major health concern, and their incidence has further increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the equally increasing demands on treatments and service provision and the high levels of relapse post-treatment, it is important that research explore novel and innovative interventions that can further support recovery for individuals with EDs. There is growing evidence that arts interventions are beneficial for recovery from EDs. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a stand-up comedy course to support ED recovery. Design/methodology/approach The study used a qualitative interview study design to evaluate the recovery benefits of participating in stand-up comedy workshops for a pilot group of people in recovery from EDs (n = 10). Findings The comedy intervention was well-attended and had high acceptability and feasibility. For most individuals, participating in the course had a positive impact, including promoting personal recovery (PR) outcomes across all five elements of the CHIME framework. Unique assets of the course included providing participants with an opportunity to distance themselves from everyday worries of living with an ED; the opportunity to cognitively reframe situations by making them the object of humour; and providing a safe space to (re-)build a positive sense of self. Originality/value This is the first study, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, that evaluates stand-up comedy workshops for ED recovery and further demonstrates the potential of arts interventions and the relevance of PR frameworks in this field.

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“Finding light in the darkness”: exploring comedy as an intervention for eating disorder recovery

Declercq,

Kafle,

Peters

et al. 2024

MHRJ

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“…They are usually facilitated by artists or arts practitioners in the form of group workshops (O'Donnell et al, 2022) and delivered in community settings, such as schools, youth centres, and justice sites. PAB approaches contrast with arts therapies and interventions delivered by trained therapists in clinical settings, using clinical approaches alongside art and creativity to support emotional work (Kalmanowitz et al, 2019). They are also distinct from other community-led arts programmes, such as choral singing or life drawing, which often emphasise the use of artistic engagement as a resource for building social inclusion and supporting mental well-being, but are similarly delivered to receptive participants, rather than participatory involvement in creative processes, such as through composing, co-creation, or design.…”

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Practitioner Review: Effectiveness and mechanisms of change in participatory arts-based programmes for promoting youth mental health and well-being – a systematic review

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“…They are usually facilitated by artists or arts practitioners in the form of group workshops (O'Donnell et al., 2022) and delivered in community settings, such as schools, youth centres, and justice sites. PAB approaches contrast with arts therapies and interventions delivered by trained therapists in clinical settings, using clinical approaches alongside art and creativity to support emotional work (Kalmanowitz et al., 2019). They are also distinct from other community‐led arts programmes, such as choral singing or life drawing, which often emphasise the use of artistic engagement as a resource for building social inclusion and supporting mental well‐being, but are similarly delivered to receptive participants, rather than participatory involvement in creative processes, such as through composing, co‐creation, or design.…”

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confidence: 99%

Practitioner Review: Effectiveness and mechanisms of change in participatory arts‐based programmes for promoting youth mental health and well‐being – a systematic review

Williams,

Glew,

Newman

et al. 2023

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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BackgroundParticipatory arts‐based (PAB) programmes refer to a diverse range of community programmes involving active engagement in the creation process that appear helpful to several aspects of children's and young people's (CYP) mental health and well‐being. This mixed‐methods systematic review synthesises evidence relating to the effectiveness and mechanisms of change in PAB programmes for youth.MethodStudies were identified following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses approach. Eleven electronic databases were searched for studies of PAB programmes conducted with CYP (aged 4–25 years), which reported mental health and well‐being effectiveness outcomes and/or mechanisms of change. A mixed‐methods appraisal tool assessed study quality. A narrative synthesis was conducted of effectiveness and challenges in capturing this. Findings relating to reported mechanisms of change were integrated via a metasummary.ResultsTwenty‐two studies were included. Evidence of effectiveness from quantitative studies was limited by methodological issues. The metasummary identified mechanisms of change resonant with those proposed in talking therapies. Additionally, PAB programmes appear beneficial to CYP by fostering a therapeutic space characterised by subverting restrictive social rules, communitas that is not perceived as coercive, and inviting play and embodied understanding.ConclusionsThere is good evidence that there are therapeutic processes in PAB programmes. There is a need for more transdisciplinary work to increase understanding of context–mechanism–outcome pathways, including the role played by different art stimuli and practices. Going forward, transdisciplinary teams are needed to quantify short‐ and long‐term mental health and well‐being outcomes and to investigate optimal programme durations in relation to population and need. Such teams would also be best placed to work on resolving inter‐disciplinary methodological tensions.

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CONFERENCE REVIEW: British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) and American Art Therapy Association (AATA) Art Therapy Practice and Research Conference, London, UK, 2019

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

“Finding light in the darkness”: exploring comedy as an intervention for eating disorder recovery

“Finding light in the darkness”: exploring comedy as an intervention for eating disorder recovery

Practitioner Review: Effectiveness and mechanisms of change in participatory arts-based programmes for promoting youth mental health and well-being – a systematic review

Practitioner Review: Effectiveness and mechanisms of change in participatory arts‐based programmes for promoting youth mental health and well‐being – a systematic review

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