Why Use The Arts?
In 1999 the Health Education Authority reported that their “evidence suggests that arts projects and initiatives make a unique contribution to building social capital and enhancing well-being and self-esteem.” (HEA, 1999).
Recent research for the Department of Health demonstrated “beyond reasonable doubt” that arts participation improved levels of empowerment among service users (Secker, J et al 2007).
Before the term personality disorder (PD) was formulated a Scottish Professor of Psychiatry D.K Henderson wrote about a group of patients that would probably now fit the current diagnostic criteria.
