The Love Arts Conversation: a festival flavoured conference of arts and mental wellbeing (Leeds, 21-22 October 2014)

Research Summary: The Love Arts Conversation Conference

Event Type: Festival-flavoured conference on arts and mental wellbeing

Location & Dates: Leeds, Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October 2014

Primary Focus Areas: Theatre and music impact on dementia; mental health media representation; creative expression in psychosis

Key Sessions: NHS funding for arts interventions, evidence for arts benefits, hearing voices and creative cognition

Evidence Orientation: Moderate — conference explores emerging evidence base for arts-based mental health interventions across multiple conditions

Mechanism of Interest: Arts engagement appears to modulate wellbeing through aesthetic, social, and cognitive pathways in neurodegenerative and psychiatric conditions

Scope: Interdisciplinary dialogue between healthcare policy, clinical practice, and creative arts sectors

The Love Arts Conversation: a festival flavoured conference of arts and mental wellbeing
Part of the Love Arts Leeds festival
Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October

Sessions include:

Why Spend NHS Money on Art?
The impact of theatre on people living with dementia
The impact of music on people living with dementia
The representation of mental health in the media
Arts is Good for You: the evidence
Hearing Voices and the Creative mind

And much more…visit the web site for more details.