Associate Professor of Psychology @PsychUWEBristol. Creativity, art & health, wellbeing, schizotypy. Editor @Arts_Health_Jnl. drawuwe.com
Joined January 2009
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13 Nov 2024
Pleased to share new paper with experience sampling method exploring which everyday activities reduce anxiety & increase happiness of adolescents (arts, sport, socialising), for those with & without depression and anxiety tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2… #ESM @PSRG_UWE @PsychUWEBristol
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A new blog about the Routledge Handbook of the Arts and health: Collating a field: Inside the Routledge Handbook of Arts and Health blogs.uwe.ac.uk/psychologica…
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What does the evidence say about Arts on Prescription? New post breaks down research, practice and policy — plus examples from city-wide projects. Read more: wix.to/fQJm6ma #ArtsOnPrescription #CreativeHealth #Wellbeing
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt retweeted
3 Dec 2025
Check out the new Routledge Handbook of #ArtsAndHealth! 📖
This book brings together insights on evidence, policy and practice — including several chapters authored by our team: @Daisy_Fancourt, @Saoirsefinn, @jessicakbone, @Karen_MakHW & @Katey_W 💭
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Join us on 18th February at 1 pm for an online webinar with talks from international experts on the use of the arts in public health - sign up here: rsph.org.uk/events/the-routl…
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1 Dec 2025
What do we mean by ‘creative health’? The benefits of defining ‘creativity’ in the arts and health field: Arts & Health: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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What do we mean by ‘creative health’? The benefits of defining ‘creativity’ in the arts and health field: Arts & Health: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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28 Nov 2025
It is publication day!
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Over 60 experts on the arts and health have contributed their expertise to this collection and I really appreciate it and hope it will be useful. Thank you! #artsandhealth
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Now open access: Which personal and social resources help adolescents to recover from negative affect in daily life? An experience sampling study: Journal of Child & Adolescent Mental Health: Vol 36, No 1 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2…
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25 Sep 2025
Emphasising that the arts are good for one's health, is as imprecise as stating medicine has health benefits. By using generic terms, we risk comparing apples with oranges. Pleased to share this piece co-written with @anitajensen73 and @HilaryBungay doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1…
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15 Sep 2025
New paper on the impact of household chores on adolescent mental health and mood, using the experience sampling method: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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15 Jul 2025
Pleased to see that my comment has been published, along with comments by others, on Skov and Nadal's critique of arts and health research. I focused on one issue, complexity, and the lack of consideration of this in their analysis.sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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9 Jun 2025
Interested to see our systematic review mentioned in this news article medscape.com/viewarticle/nat…
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt retweeted
5 Jun 2025
Watch this space! Been delightful working on a chapter discussing The arts in the prevention and management of chronic health conditions in this comprehensive Handbook that feature the growing evidence and discusses policy and practice around the world!
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt retweeted
3 Jun 2025
This blog post offers an excellent account of the evidence for the arts on prescription, and the challenges of evaluating its impact
2 Jun 2025
The use of the arts within social prescribing is expanding globally. But, what is art on prescription and what does the research on its efficacy suggest? blogs.uwe.ac.uk/psychologica…
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Dr Nicola Jane Holt retweeted
Another goal achieved. Nurses getting seen, heard and published. Chapter 23 is me! Book won’t be out until October but officially ‘in press’ @artinhospitals @RCNLibraries @NursingNow2020 @FoNScharity @BurdettTrust
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2 Jun 2025
The Routledge Handbook of Arts and Health has a release date :) routledge.com/Routledge-Hand…
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The use of the arts within social prescribing is expanding globally. But, what is art on prescription and what does the research on its efficacy suggest? blogs.uwe.ac.uk/psychologica…
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