What Is a Healthy Mind? Art Informs Recovery at a State Psychiatric Hospital

The recovery-oriented approach to psychiatric care encourages decision making between patients and providers. However, one barrier to patients' involvement in their own treatment planning is the lack of meaningful communication with providers. Healthy Mind Messages, a collaborative art installa...

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Published inArt therapy Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 42 - 47
Main Authors Griffith, Frances J, Bauer-Leffler, Simon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.01.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Art Products
Art Therapy
Barriers
Cues
Decision Making
Definitions
Health Services
Hospitals
Installation art
Mental Health
Patient-centered care
Patients
Psychiatric Hospitals
Recovery (Medical)
Schemata (Cognition)
Socialization
Therapeutic Environment
Oregon
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Summary:The recovery-oriented approach to psychiatric care encourages decision making between patients and providers. However, one barrier to patients' involvement in their own treatment planning is the lack of meaningful communication with providers. Healthy Mind Messages, a collaborative art installation created by patients and staff at the Oregon State Hospital, collected anonymous participant responses to the prompt, "A healthy mind is … ." Thematic analysis of participant definitions of mental health yielded 6 highly frequent themes: introspection, physicality, cognition, socialization, openness, and calm. Results provide perceptions of recovery, prompted by art making, that could be integrated into therapeutic goals.
ISSN:0742-1656
2159-9394
DOI:10.1080/07421656.2018.1459117