Health psychology and the arts: a conversation.
Critical approaches within health psychology continue to explore new methods of working and new theoretical ideas from other disciplines. One area that remains under-explored is the potential links with the arts. This special issue contains a selection of empirical and theoretical reports on the linkages between health psychology and the arts. It includes arts and health projects in clinical, community and educational contexts; projects with young and old people, projects with people from different social and ethnic background and projects using different forms of art. This article introduces the special issue and uses a dialogic format to consider some of the broader issues.
Murray
Michael
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School of Psychology, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. m.murray@keele.ac.uk
Gray
Ross
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D001154:Art; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001524:Behavioral Medicine; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D019413:Qi; D012803:Sick Role; D029181:Spirituality