Qualitative Research in Arts and Mental Health: Context, Meanings and Evidence, Edited by Theo Stickley
This is the first book published in the UK that brings together a range of key qualitative research studies providing evidence for the assertion that involvement in participatory arts can be specifically beneficial to people with a variety of mental health difficulties.
This book presents eleven key examples of arts-based research projects that have used various qualitative methods to capture the contexts and meanings of arts practice that in their own ways, sought to promote mental health. The methods are varied, but most have endeavoured to reflect the voice of the participant whether through narratives, ethnography or participatory action research.
Theo Stickley is Associate Professor of Mental Health at the University of Nottingham.
