This video is intended to provide more information on the importance of singing to support those living with mental health conditions. The video includes information on the research behind singing to support mental health, details about how practitioners support mental health inclusive singing, and highlights the role of Community Links Practitioners in Scotland.
Featured in the video:
Brianna Robertson-Kirkland, Principal Investigator, Scotland’s Singing for Health Network
Sophie Boyd, Singing for Health Leader and Research Consultant for Scotland’s Singing for Health Network
Yoon Irons, Associate Professor of Arts for Health and Wellbeing and Director, Singing Research Lab, University of Derby
Katey Warren, Arts and Health Researcher, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh and Head of PATHS Research Group
Deborah Hamilton, Community Links Practitioner, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
Filmed and edited by Louise Mathers, https://louisemather.com/
The production of this video was funded by the Founders Fund for Creatives – https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/innovation/trainingopportunitiesevents/foundersfundforcreatives/
Research cited:
Grebosz-Haring K, Thun-Hohenstein L, Schuchter-Wiegand AK, Irons Y, Bathke A, Phillips K and Clift S (2022) The Need for Robust Critique of Arts and Health Research: Young People, Art Therapy and Mental Health. Front. Psychol. 13:821093. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.821093.
Irons et al., (2022) A singing facilitator’s toolkit to support mental health inclusive singing groups. available from https://www.singingsidebyside.co.uk/toolkit. Accessed September 2024.
Fancourt, D., Finn, S. Warran, K., et al. (2019) Group singing in bereavement: effects on mental health, self-efficacy, self-esteem and well-being BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care Published Online First: 26 June 2019. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001642
Fancourt, D., Warran, K., Finn, S., et al. (2019) Psychosocial singing interventions for the mental health and well-being of family carers of patients with cancer: results from a longitudinal controlled study BMJ Open 2019;9:e026995. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026995
Fancourt D & Perkins R (2018), The effect of singing interventions on symptoms of postnatal depression: a three-arm randomised controlled trial, British Journal of Psychiatry, 212, 119-121, doi:10.1192/bjp.2017.29.
Perkins R, Yorke S, & Fancourt D (2018), How group singing facilitates recovery from the symptoms of postnatal depression: a comparative qualitative study, BMC Psychology, 6 (41), 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-018-0253-0.
Warran K, Smith C, Ugron H, Blaga O, Ladegaard NL, Carstens LF, Nicholls L, Burton A, Zbranca R, Ottow M, Fancourt D and Fietje N (2023) Implementing a singing-based intervention for postpartum depression in Denmark and Romania: a brief research report. Front. Med. 10:1249503. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1249503.
Warran, K., Fancourt, D., & Wiseman, T. (2019). How does the process of group singing impact on people affected by cancer? A grounded theory study. BMJ open, 9(1), e023261. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023261
Warran, K., Fancourt, D., & Perkins, R. (2019). The experience and perceived impact of group singing for men living with cancer: A phenomenological study. Psychology of Music, 47(6), 874–889. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735619854526
More details about the Network
Website: https://portal.rcs.ac.uk/scotland-singing-for-health-network/
Get in touch: singing-for-health@rcs.ac.uk
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