Associate Professor Faculty of Arts and Physical Education, Volda University College, Postboks 500, 6101 Volda, Norway.
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, IMH Building, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG3 5FX, UK.
Perspect Public Health. 2018 Jan;138(1):47-54. doi: 10.1177/1757913917723944. Epub 2017 Aug 21.
To identify the potential relationship between participation in theatre and mental health recovery. To give voice to the stories told by participants of Teater Vildenvei, a theatre company that has been part of the rehabilitation programme for mental health service users in Oslo since 1995.
Twelve narrative interviews were conducted among participants of Teater Vildenvei, and the data were subject to a narrative analysis process following the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur and the specific methods of thematic, event and relational analysis as identified by Riessman.
The narratives are considered in the theoretical light of the mental health recovery framework as identified by Leamy et al. Each participant had experienced a transformation in identity; the sense of belonging within the group was perceived as highly important to their mental health; engagement with the theatre company gives people something meaningful to do, a sense of hope and individuals feel empowered.
This narrative inquiry gave opportunity for participants to elaborate on their stories of their engagement with Teater Vildenvei. It is through the richness of the data that the depth of the significance of meaning that people ascribe to their stories demonstrates the potential power of participatory theatre for mental health recovery. Because of its effects, people make life-changing and life-saving claims.
确定参与戏剧与心理健康康复之间的潜在关系。为了表达自 1995 年以来一直在奥斯陆精神卫生服务使用者康复计划中的戏剧公司 Teater Vildenvei 的参与者所讲述的故事。
对 Teater Vildenvei 的 12 名参与者进行了叙事访谈，根据 Paul Ricoeur 的哲学以及 Riessman 确定的主题、事件和关系分析的具体方法，对数据进行了叙事分析。
根据 Leamy 等人确定的心理健康康复框架，对这些叙述进行了理论上的考虑。每个参与者都经历了身份的转变；他们认为在团体中的归属感对他们的心理健康非常重要；参与戏剧公司使人们有意义的事情可做，给人以希望感，使个人感到有力量。
这项叙事研究为参与者详细阐述他们参与 Teater Vildenvei 的故事提供了机会。正是通过丰富的数据，人们赋予他们故事的意义的深度显示了参与式戏剧对心理健康康复的潜在力量。由于其影响，人们做出了改变生活和拯救生命的声明。
