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Reading as participatory art: An alternative mental health therapy
Abstract
This article outlines the health and well-being impacts of a specific community reading programme, ‘Get into Reading’, pioneered by The Reader Organisation, as demonstrated in a specific health context, Mersey Care NHS Mental Health Trust. The discussion broadly considers the historical positioning of this reading and health experiment, in terms of both mental health and arts-in-health developments and trends. The article also highlights some of the challenges and excitements of seeking to capture the health benefits of reading currently experienced by the Centre for Research into Reading, Information and Linguistic Systems (CRILS) at University of Liverpool.
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“For example, group-based studies record positive impact on measures of cognitive performance like concentration, memory, social skills, and creativity, as well as affective change in the direction of increased confidence, fewer feelings of isolation, and improvement on markers of depression [6, 18–20].”
From Five studies evaluating the impact on mental health and mood of recalling, reading, and discussing fiction (2022) · cites this paper as [6]
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Carney, J., & Robertson, C. (2022) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266323 · Cited by 25
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- Authors
- Billington, J., Davis, P., & Farrington, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Arts & Communities
- Publisher
- Intellect
- Published
- 2013-04-01
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 25-40
- ISSN
- 1757-1936 (ISSN-L)
- 1757-1944
- OpenAlex
- W2020053744
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 41.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Arts & Communities (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/I507574/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Education › Literacy and Educational Practices
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Music Therapy and Health
- Keywords
- reading, participatory art, psychotherapy, arts and health
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