Table of contents - Special Issue: Arts and health
Guest Editors: Professor Stephen Clift
Researching the benefits of arts in health
Jane Macnaughton, Mike White, Rosie StacyThis review article seeks to draw on experience in the UK to describe the different forms that arts in health activity can take and to examine the challenges for research in this…
Art in the community for potentially vulnerable mental health groups
Elaine Argyle, Gillie BoltonDrawing on literature and the evaluation of a UK community Arts in Health project, this article aims first to demonstrate that, in spite of the common association in mental health…
A qualitative review of Walsall Arts into Health Partnership
Mark DoorisThis paper aims to describe the context, process and findings of a qualitative review of Walsall Arts into Health Partnership, which is widely acknowledged to be one of the most…
Dance‐based exercise and Tai Chi and their benefits for people with arthritis: a review
Ray MarksThe first aim of this review article is to systematically summarise, synthesise, and critically evaluate the research base concerning the use of two art forms, namely, dance‐based…
“You could see it on their faces … ”: The importance of provoking smiles in schools
Jonathan BarnesCurrent research in both cognitive neuroscience and what has been called “positive psychology” point to the need for wholesale reappraisal of what happens in schools, especially…
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- Dr Gurpinder Lalli