1. Gavin Clayton and Susan Potter, Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription

2. Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription 2010-12
A national Public Engagement Foundation (PEF) Case Study to investigate the impacts of Arts on Prescription upon the mental health and wellbeing of 42 adults experiencing mild to moderate depression and/or anxiety.
Gavin Clayton and Susan Potter, Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription

3. Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription 2010-12
Study design
Participants
Arts intervention
Quantitative methods
Qualitative methods
Analysis and reporting
Gavin Clayton and Susan Potter, Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription

4. Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription 2010-12
Quantitative results:
Social Isolation (SI)
T1 (M=5.33); T2 (M=5.33)
Anxiety (GAD-7)
T1 (M=11.39); T2 (M=8.56)
Depression (PHQ-9)
T1 (13.22); T2 (11.44)
Wellbeing (WEMWBS)
T1 (M = 26.11); T2 (M = 31.39)
Gavin Clayton and Susan Potter, Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription

5. Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription 2010-12
Qualitative results:
Rebuilding identity
Making connections
Expanding horizons
A sense of purpose
The need to create
Gavin Clayton and Susan Potter, Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription

6. Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription 2010-12
“I know my limits now. When I can’t do it, I can’t. But when I can, I try hard working, more times than I did before. I sort of get things out from within me. It’s good, it’s been very good for me.
Before, I used to feel stuck in a rut or depressed, so it has taught me something very, very valuable. I’ll be using that all of the time now. It’s taught me I can weather that storm.”
Gavin Clayton and Susan Potter, Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription

7. Gavin Clayton and Susan Potter, Arts and Minds: Arts on Prescription