Mental Health and Communities: The MARCH network

This week I talk to Debbie Geraghty, CEO of Plymouth Music Zone

I really enjoyed this conversation with Debbie, we talk about Plymouth Music Zone and the amazing work they do supporting diverse communities through music.

Join the MARCH network: marchnetwork.org

Follow MARCH, myself, and PMZ on twitter:  @networkMARCH @henryaughterson @PMZOfficial

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Plymouth Music Zone https://plymouthmusiczone.org.uk/

This week I talk to Dr Marie Polley, senior researcher and co-chair of the Social Prescribing network.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Marie, we talk about Social Prescribing, other holistic approaches to support the health and well-being of patients, and the different research methods being deployed in this space. 

Join the MARCH network: marchnetwork.org

Follow MARCH, myself, and Marie on twitter:  @networkMARCH @henryaughterson @MariePolley1

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Social Prescribing Network https://www.socialprescribingnetwork.com/ 

This week I talk to Professor Philip Davis, professor of english literature at the university of Liverpool and research partner of the organisation the Reader, who run shared reading groups around the UK in places like care homes, prisons, and mental health facilities.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Phil, we talk about Shared Reading, research into the benefits of reading on the brain and well-being, and the overlap of literature, reading and mental health.

Join the MARCH network: marchnetwork.org

Follow MARCH, and myself on twitter:  @networkMARCH @henryaughterson 

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Phil Davis http://igel2018.no/keynotes/meet-the-keynotes-professor-philip-davis/

The Reader https://www.thereader.org.uk/

This week I talk to Sir Sam Everington, GP at the pioneering Bromley by Bow centre. We talk about social prescribing, personalised care, the evolution of the centre and the need to transform General Practice and doctor training. 

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Bromley by Bow centre: https://www.bbbc.org.uk/ 

I talk to Professor Helen Chatterjee, Biologist and former curator of the UCL Grant Museum.

We talk about the role of museums in the community and her pioneering role in the rise of museums' involvement around mental health and health interventions, including her well-known Museums on Prescription projects. We also discuss the often very different forms of evidence in the world of the medical establishment compared with that of the community sector. We talk about the mechanisms behind which museum and arts interventions improve mental health; including discussing one of her studies on the use of arts by forcibly displaced migrants.

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Museums on prescription study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829217303878

Review of UK social prescribing schemes: http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/15655/

Study on arts + forcibly displaced migrants: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/2/e025465?utm_term=usage-042019&utm_content=consumer&utm_campaign=bmjopen&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=trendmd

I talk to Alyson McGregor, National Director of Altogether Better. 

We talk about their model of Collaborative pratice, where they work alongside General Practices, and help them invite their local community in to lead exciting citizen-led groups, based on the assets they have. This might include peer-support groups, dance classes, walking groups, etc. It‘s a fundamental shift from the standard service-driven, often deficit-focused General Practice - towards a more asset-based, social model! 

We also talk about the importance of relationship building in this area, and of cake! 

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https://www.altogetherbetter.org.uk

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In the second episode of the series, I interview Paul Crawford: nurse, writer, and founder of the field Health Humanities. We discuss the field, medical and nursing school education, philosophical questions around research and education in general, and discuss community-orientated, creative approaches to mental health such as Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery. 

Join the MARCH network: marchnetwork.org

Follow MARCH, and myself on twitter, and more about Paul on the Nottingham university website: @networkMARCH; @henryaughterson, https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/people/paul.crawford

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Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery website, and inspiring videos from all the exciting projects: http://cpmr.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Paul's upcoming Florence Nightingale project: http://www.florencenightingale.org/

Paul's books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Crawford/e/B001HPFB8S?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_4&qid=1571576628&sr=1-4

Studies we discussed:

Group drumming study: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151136

In the first episode of the series, we interview the primary investigator and founder of the MARCH network, Dr Daisy Fancourt. We talk about Daisy's research around cultural engagement and mental health, singing in mothers with post-natal depression, and the importance of inter-disciplinary work.

Join the MARCH network: marchnetwork.org

Follow MARCH, Daisy, and myself on twitter: @networkMARCH ; @Daisy_Fancourt ; @henryaughterson

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Studies we discussed:

Singing and post-natal depression: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/effect-of-singing-interventions-on-symptoms-of-postnatal-depression-threearm-randomised-controlled-trial/534122E539704BAEAC0824F9FCACC5A8

Cultural engagement and depression, using ELSA dataset: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/cultural-engagement-and-incident-depression-in-older-adults-evidence-from-the-english-longitudinal-study-of-ageing/F25368CA79340C430B046A1DDDDC05B6

Socioeconomic status and cultural engagement: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953619304198?via%3Dihub 

More publications by Daisy and her team: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/people/fancourt