Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]
Background: Few “interventions” around suicide and stigma have reached into psychiatric institutions. Lived Lives is a science-arts approach to addressing suicide and stigma, informed by a psychobiographical and visual arts autopsy. The resulting artworks and mediated exhibition ( Lived Lives), has...
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| author | Cecily C. Kelleher Kevin M. Malone Abbie Lane Janis Jefferies Seamus McGuiness James V. Lucey Eimear Cleary |
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| description | Background: Few “interventions” around suicide and stigma have reached into psychiatric institutions. Lived Lives is a science-arts approach to addressing suicide and stigma, informed by a psychobiographical and visual arts autopsy. The resulting artworks and mediated exhibition ( Lived Lives), has facilitated dialogue, response and public action around stigma-reduction, consistent with a community intervention. Recent evidence from Lived Lives moved us to consider how it may situate within a psychiatric hospital. Methods: Lived Lives manifested in St. Patrick’s University Hospital (Ireland’s oldest and largest psychiatric hospital) in November 2017. A mixed-methods approach was used to evaluate the exhibition as a potential intervention to address stigma around suicide, with quantitative and qualitative data collected via written questionnaire and oral data collected via video documentation. Bereavement support was available. A Clinician and an artist also provided independent evaluation. Results: 86 participants engaged with the exhibition, with 68 completing questionnaire data. Audiences included service users, policy makers, health professionals, senior hospital administrators and members of the public. 62% of participants who completed questionnaires were suicide-bereaved; 46% had experienced a mental health difficulty, and 35% had been suicidal in the past. 91% thought Lived Lives could be of benefit in the aftermath of a suicide death. Half of participants thought Lived Lives could help reduce suicidal feelings, whereas 88% thought it could benefit those with Mental Health difficulties. The emotional response was of a visceral nature, including fear, anger, sadness, disgust and anxiety. Conclusions: Lived Lives sits comfortably in discomfort, unafraid to call out the home-truths about stigma and its pervasive and pernicious impact, and with restoring identity at its core. Lived Lives can operate within a psychiatric hospital, as well as in community. The challenge is to move it forward for greater exposure and impacts in at-risk communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b370ecdb41e049eda61e8e5c0f5248ad2022-12-22T00:39:39ZengWellcomeWellcome Open Research2398-502X2022-03-01619725Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]Cecily C. Kelleher0Kevin M. Malone1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-4706Abbie Lane2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6860-4586Janis Jefferies3Seamus McGuiness4James V. Lucey5Eimear Cleary6Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Co. Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Co. Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Co. Dublin, IrelandGoldsmith College London, London, UK5GMIT Centre for Creative Arts & Media, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, IrelandDepartment of Psychiatry, St. Patrick's University Hospital, Dublin, Co. Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Psychiatry, University College Dublin, Dublin, Co. Dublin, IrelandBackground: Few “interventions” around suicide and stigma have reached into psychiatric institutions. Lived Lives is a science-arts approach to addressing suicide and stigma, informed by a psychobiographical and visual arts autopsy. The resulting artworks and mediated exhibition ( Lived Lives), has facilitated dialogue, response and public action around stigma-reduction, consistent with a community intervention. Recent evidence from Lived Lives moved us to consider how it may situate within a psychiatric hospital. Methods: Lived Lives manifested in St. Patrick’s University Hospital (Ireland’s oldest and largest psychiatric hospital) in November 2017. A mixed-methods approach was used to evaluate the exhibition as a potential intervention to address stigma around suicide, with quantitative and qualitative data collected via written questionnaire and oral data collected via video documentation. Bereavement support was available. A Clinician and an artist also provided independent evaluation. Results: 86 participants engaged with the exhibition, with 68 completing questionnaire data. Audiences included service users, policy makers, health professionals, senior hospital administrators and members of the public. 62% of participants who completed questionnaires were suicide-bereaved; 46% had experienced a mental health difficulty, and 35% had been suicidal in the past. 91% thought Lived Lives could be of benefit in the aftermath of a suicide death. Half of participants thought Lived Lives could help reduce suicidal feelings, whereas 88% thought it could benefit those with Mental Health difficulties. The emotional response was of a visceral nature, including fear, anger, sadness, disgust and anxiety. Conclusions: Lived Lives sits comfortably in discomfort, unafraid to call out the home-truths about stigma and its pervasive and pernicious impact, and with restoring identity at its core. Lived Lives can operate within a psychiatric hospital, as well as in community. The challenge is to move it forward for greater exposure and impacts in at-risk communities.https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-85/v3Stigma Mental Illness Psychiatric Hospitalization Suicidal Ideation Psychoeducationeng |
| spellingShingle | Cecily C. Kelleher Kevin M. Malone Abbie Lane Janis Jefferies Seamus McGuiness James V. Lucey Eimear Cleary Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] Wellcome Open Research Stigma Mental Illness Psychiatric Hospitalization Suicidal Ideation Psychoeducation eng |
| title | Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full | Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_fullStr | Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_short | Bringing Lived Lives to Swift’s Asylum: a psychiatric hospital perspective [version 3; peer review: 2 approved] |
| title_sort | bringing lived lives to swift s asylum a psychiatric hospital perspective version 3 peer review 2 approved |
| topic | Stigma Mental Illness Psychiatric Hospitalization Suicidal Ideation Psychoeducation eng |
| url | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/6-85/v3 |
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