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. 2021 Feb;45(1):32-39.
doi: 10.1192/bjb.2020.122.

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

Carolina Estevao  1 , Daisy Fancourt  2 , Paola Dazzan  1 , K Ray Chaudhuri  3   4 , Nick Sevdalis  5 , Anthony Woods  1 , Nikki Crane  6 , Rebecca Bind  1 , Kristi Sawyer  1 , Lavinia Rebecchini  1 , Katie Hazelgrove  1 , Manonmani Manoharan  7 , Alexandra Burton  2 , Hannah Dye  8 , Tim Osborn  8 , Lucinda Jarrett  9 , Nick Ward  10   11 , Fiona Jones  12 , Aleksandra Podlewska  3   4 , Isabella Premoli  3 , Fleur Derbyshire-Fox  13 , Alison Hartley  13 , Tayana Soukup  5 , Rachel Davis  5 , Ioannis Bakolis  14   15 , Andy Healey  14 , Carmine M Pariante  1
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Scaling-up Health-Arts Programmes: the largest study in the world bringing arts-based mental health interventions into a national health service

Carolina Estevao et al. BJPsych Bull. 2021 Feb.

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.

Keywords: Perinatal psychiatry; neuroimmunology; patients; psychosocial interventions; randomised controlled trial.

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Melodies for Mums session delivered by Breathe Arts Health Research. Image credit: Richard Eaton.
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Dance for Parkinson's session delivered by the English National Ballet. Image credit: Laurent Liotardo.
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Stroke Odysseys tour performance. Image credit: Rosetta Life.
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