ABSTRACT

Background

Whilst there is evidence of the value of museums for art psychotherapy, evidence about online groups to improve mental health recovery is still scarce. The aim was to assess the impact on mental health recovery of an online museum-based recovery-oriented art psychotherapy group.

Context

The group was designed to help adults under the care of a UK community mental health team with their journey of mental health recovery.

Approach

The group consisted of six, weekly online sessions and used the collections of two local museums. Quantitative outcome measures and qualitative feedback were used to evaluate the group.

Outcomes

Five women participated in the group, and four in the evaluation. Generic wellbeing after each session was rated 4 out of 5. Participants scored higher in the Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (33.25 vs. 42) and a Visual Numerical Recovery Scale (3 vs. 3.25) after participating in the group. Feeling supported was what participants liked most and found most helpful, and they liked the short duration of the group least. Half found the online setting preferable to face-to-face, and all felt that the museum focus was inspirational, and enjoyed the artmaking. Participants gained a better understanding of their recovery journey and were able to express their emotions better.

Conclusions

This group contributed towards participants’ mental health recovery and the museum focus was valued by them.

Implications for research

The evaluation findings encourage further exploration of this way of working.

Plain-language summary

This article reports on the evaluation of an online art psychotherapy group for adults who were under the care of a UK National Health Service community mental health team. The group aimed to help participants to move on in their recovery journeys, and used photographs and videos of objects and artworks from two local museums as inspiration. Participants completed questionnaires and gave written feedback which was used to assess changes before and after participating in the group, and to find out how the participants felt about the group.

The group consisted of six sessions, once a week. Five women participated in it, and four of these contributed towards the evaluation. Participants' sense of wellbeing after each session was high, and recovery scores improved after participating in the group. They valued feeling supported most of all, but wanted the group to have been longer. Half of them liked working online better than face-to-face, and all found the museum objects helpful and enjoyed the artmaking. All group members reported that the group helped them to understand their recovery journey and express their emotions better.

In conclusion, this group contributed towards participants’ mental health recovery and the museum focus was valued by them. The evaluation findings suggest that it would be worth researching this way of working.

中文翻译：

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一切都与旅程有关！一个以博物馆为基础的在线康复艺术心理治疗团体

摘要

背景

尽管有证据表明博物馆对于艺术心理治疗的价值，但有关在线团体改善心理健康恢复的证据仍然很少。目的是评估一个基于在线博物馆的以恢复为导向的艺术心理治疗小组对心理健康恢复的影响。

语境

该小组旨在帮助英国社区心理健康团队照顾的成年人完成心理健康康复之旅。

方法

该小组由六次每周一次的在线会议组成，并使用了两个当地博物馆的藏品。使用定量结果测量和定性反馈来评估小组。

结果

五名女性参与了该小组，四名女性参与了评估。每次课程后的总体健康状况评分为 4 分（满分 5 分）。参加小组后，参与者在恢复过程问卷（33.25 比 42）和视觉数字恢复量表（3 比 3.25）中得分更高。被支持的感觉是参与者最喜欢的，也是最有帮助的，他们最不喜欢小组持续时间短。一半的人认为在线环境比面对面更受欢迎，所有人都认为博物馆的重点是鼓舞人心的，并且喜欢艺术创作。参与者对自己的康复过程有了更好的了解，并能够更好地表达自己的情绪。

结论

该小组为参与者的心理健康恢复做出了贡献，他们也重视博物馆的关注。

对研究的影响

评估结果鼓励进一步探索这种工作方式。

通俗易懂的语言总结

本文报道了对英国国家卫生服务社区心理健康团队护理下的成年人的在线艺术心理治疗小组的评估。该组织旨在帮助参与者继续他们的康复之旅，并使用当地两个博物馆的物品和艺术品的照片和视频作为灵感。参与者填写问卷并提供书面反馈，用于评估参加小组前后的变化，并了解参与者对小组的感受。

该小组由六次会议组成，每周一次。五名女性参与其中，其中四名对评估做出了贡献。每次课程结束后，参与者的幸福感很高，参加小组后恢复分数也有所提高。他们最看重的是被支持的感觉，但希望团队的时间更长。一半的人比面对面更喜欢在线工作，所有人都认为博物馆的藏品很有帮助，并且喜欢艺术创作。所有小组成员都表示，该小组帮助他们了解了自己的康复过程并更好地表达了自己的情绪。

总之，该小组为参与者的心理健康恢复做出了贡献，并且他们重​​视博物馆的关注。评估结果表明，这种工作方式值得研究。