Steven Durland
05-25-2006, 02:56 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS
Journal of Health Psychology
http://hpq.sagepub.com/
Special Issue (TO BE PUBLISHED 2007)
Health Psychology and the Arts
Guest Editors: Michael Murray and Ross Gray
The past decade has seen an increasing interest in the arts and humanities by a wide range of social scientists. The value of the arts is now being discussed extensively as an important component of healthcare. This includes the use of different forms of arts in patient care and community health. It also includes the study of patients' autobiographies and links with the development of autoethnography and performative social science. The purpose of this special issue is to explore the opportunities for connecting health psychology with the arts through showcasing a variety of empirical examples and also considering some of the theoretical and practical issues for the discipline.
Examples of topics that may be included in this special issue include:
· Artistic representations of health and illness
· Forms of art therapy for chronically ill patients
· Community arts and community health
· Performative health psychology
· Autobiographies of patients, their families and health professionals
· Methodological and theoretical issues in researching health and the arts
· The use of art in the training of health psychologists
Although the format of the article is limited by the usual journal style requirements we believe that there is enough flexibility within this to introduce a multiplicity of styles, e.g. stories, poems, plays, photographs, paintings, etc. The aim is to provide a range of examples of high quality work.
Manuscripts should be submitted to one of the guest editors before December 31, 2006. You can also contact either of the co-editors to discuss possible articles.
Dr. Michael Murray
Division of Community Health
Memorial University
St. John’s, NL
Canada A1B 3V6
murraym@mun.ca
Dr. Ross Gray
Psychosocial & Behavioural Research Unit
Sunnybrook & Women’s Health Sciences Centre
790 Bay St., Suite 950
Toronto, ON
Canada M5G 1N8
Ross.Gray@sunnybrook.ca
Journal of Health Psychology
http://hpq.sagepub.com/
Special Issue (TO BE PUBLISHED 2007)
Health Psychology and the Arts
Guest Editors: Michael Murray and Ross Gray
The past decade has seen an increasing interest in the arts and humanities by a wide range of social scientists. The value of the arts is now being discussed extensively as an important component of healthcare. This includes the use of different forms of arts in patient care and community health. It also includes the study of patients' autobiographies and links with the development of autoethnography and performative social science. The purpose of this special issue is to explore the opportunities for connecting health psychology with the arts through showcasing a variety of empirical examples and also considering some of the theoretical and practical issues for the discipline.
Examples of topics that may be included in this special issue include:
· Artistic representations of health and illness
· Forms of art therapy for chronically ill patients
· Community arts and community health
· Performative health psychology
· Autobiographies of patients, their families and health professionals
· Methodological and theoretical issues in researching health and the arts
· The use of art in the training of health psychologists
Although the format of the article is limited by the usual journal style requirements we believe that there is enough flexibility within this to introduce a multiplicity of styles, e.g. stories, poems, plays, photographs, paintings, etc. The aim is to provide a range of examples of high quality work.
Manuscripts should be submitted to one of the guest editors before December 31, 2006. You can also contact either of the co-editors to discuss possible articles.
Dr. Michael Murray
Division of Community Health
Memorial University
St. John’s, NL
Canada A1B 3V6
murraym@mun.ca
Dr. Ross Gray
Psychosocial & Behavioural Research Unit
Sunnybrook & Women’s Health Sciences Centre
790 Bay St., Suite 950
Toronto, ON
Canada M5G 1N8
Ross.Gray@sunnybrook.ca