Health Psychology and the Arts
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- 1 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Health Psychology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 147-153
Abstract
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.Keywords
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