The arts and health agenda has experienced considerable expansion in the UK in recent
years, against a backdrop of increasing social inequality and rising incidence of mental …

A narrative‐discourse analysis was conducted to study the narratives of mental health
service users talking about their engagement with art. The sample was drawn from a group …

This study explored the relationships between creativity, depression, and successful aging.
A total of 152 participants completed a demographic form, the Life Satisfaction Inventory-A …

Human beings have a basic desire to pursue for a long and good life. This cross-sectional
study was designed to examine the determinants of quality of life in Chinese elderly women …

This study examined the relationships among the variables health literacy, social support,
and patient activation. The subjects were 90 elderly, community residing adults meeting the …

The focus of this study is a community arts programme, Art in Mind, which is based in an
inner-city area of an East Midlands city in the UK and was funded by the government's New …

Ein Mangel an sozialen Aktivitäten ist ein wesentlicher Risikofaktor für psychische
Erkrankungen im Alter, insbesondere für Depressionen. Ältere psychisch Kranke haben …

This study investigated gender and social support to determine if they uniquely interact to
impact quality of life in an elderly sample. Participants were 100 men and 100 women in four …