Overview
- Provides recommendations to improve effectiveness in mental health nursing practice
- Considers how mental health care might be considered a creative activity in itself
- Argues that the conditions for creativity and wellbeing are the same for us all regardless of our mental health
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture (PASCC)
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A greater awareness of everyday creativity, the arts and creative approaches to mental health practice, learning and leadership can help us reinvent and reinvigorate mental health care. This, combined with a clearer understanding of the complex concept of wellbeing, can enable practitioners to adopt fresh perspectives and roles that can enrich their work.
Creativity and wellbeing are fundamental to reducing occupational stress and promoting professional satisfaction. Introducing a new model of creative mental health care combined with recommendations for wellbeing, Creativity, Wellbeing and Mental Health Practice is a practical, evidence-based book for students, practitioners and researchers in mental health nursing and related disciplines.
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Book Title: Creativity, Wellbeing and Mental Health Practice
Authors: Tony Gillam
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74884-9
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74883-2Published: 15 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74884-9Published: 28 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2755-4503
Series E-ISSN: 2755-4511
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 159
Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Psychotherapy, Psychosocial Studies, Arts, Psychological Methods/Evaluation