Scaling-up Health-Arts Programmes: the largest study in the world bringing arts-based mental health interventions into a national health service

  • Rachel Davis
  • , Ioannis Bakolis
  • , Andy Healey
  • , Carmine M Pariante
  • , Hannah Dye
  • , Tim Osborn
  • , Lucinda Jarrett
  • , Nick Ward
  • , Fiona Jones
  • , Aleksandra Podlewska
  • , Isabella Premoli
  • , Fleur Derbyshire-Fox
  • , Alison Hartley
  • , Tayana Soukup
  • , Carolina Estevao
  • , Daisy Fancourt
  • , Paola Dazzan
  • , K Ray Chaudhuri
  • , Nick Sevdalis
  • , Anthony Woods
  • Nikki Crane, Rebecca Bind, Kristi Sawyer, Lavinia Rebecchini, Katie Hazelgrove, Manonmani Manoharan, Alexandra Burton

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    Abstract

    The Scaling-up Health-Arts Programme: Implementation and Effectiveness Research (SHAPER) project is the world's largest hybrid study on the impact of the arts on mental health embedded into a national healthcare system. This programme, funded by the Wellcome Trust, aims to study the impact and the scalability of the arts as an intervention for mental health. The programme will be delivered by a team of clinicians, research scientists, charities, artists, patients and healthcare professionals in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and the community, spanning academia, the NHS and the charity sector. SHAPER consists of three studies - Melodies for Mums, Dance for Parkinson's, and Stroke Odysseys - which will recruit over 800 participants, deliver the interventions and draw conclusions on their clinical impact, implementation effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. We hope that this work will inspire organisations and commissioners in the NHS and around the world to expand the remit of social prescribing to include evidence-based arts interventions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)32-39
    JournalBJPsych Bulletin
    Volume45
    Issue number1
    Early online date23 Dec 2020
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2021

    Bibliographical note

    Note: This work is supported by the Wellcome Trust [award reference 219425/Z/19/Z], the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London and Biomedical Research Centre, King's Improvement Science.

    Keywords

    • Psychiatry, neuroscience and clinical psychology
    • neuroimmunology
    • patients
    • perinatal psychiatry
    • psychosocial interventions
    • randomised controlled trial

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