BAAT & Art Therapy News

• 29/11/2011
  Consensus statement endorsed by BAAT on the use of research in the development of NICE guidelines presented to Paul Burstow MP on the 24th  November.
  Consensus statement on the need for further research and methodological innovation to support the use of an increased range of evidence based psychological interventions in the development of NICE guidelines on psychological therapies was signed by a number of organisations including BAAT. Read the statement >>
   
• 04/11/2011
  On behalf of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the Trainees Coordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development (NIHR TCC) is launching the fifth round of the NIHR Fellowship Scheme.
  NIHR Fellowships are designed to support researchers (working full-time or part-time) whose work focuses on people and patient-based clinical and applied health research, by buying out an individual's salary costs and contributing to the research costs needed to complete an identified research project. Applications are invited from individuals working in any sector or scientific discipline, within an institution sited in England, who can demonstrate a role in, or contribution to, improving health, health care or services.  Potential applicants from the devolved countries must consult with their national R&D office before applying. Scotland is not participating at this level of award in 2012. Overview of NIHR Fellowship Scheme >>
  For further information, full prospective applicant guidance notes and an application pack, please see: www.nihrtcc.nhs.uk/nihrfellow
  
   
• 01/11/2011
  BDA (The British Dietetic Association) Mind the HUNGER Gap Campaign
  BAAT is supporting this campaign which raises awareness of malnutrition in various sections of UK society including the elderly.
  People are living longer, many with chronic disease.  As more care is shifted away from hospitals and care homes into the community, people at risk of malnutrition in their own homes are largely being forgotten.  Having enough to eat and drink is one of the most basic human needs. Yet we know that many vulnerable people are not having this fundamental need met.  It is conservatively estimated that one million older people living in their own homes in the UK are suffering from malnutrition.  This scandalous 'hunger gap' has a high price, with malnutrition and its impact costing the NHS over £13bn, twice the financial burden of obesity . Yet this gap can be bridged by good nutrition and diet, stemming spiralling costs and improving quality of life.
  www.mindthehungergap.com
  Background information >>
  Facts & Figures >>
  
  
• 16/09/2011
  Key Facts and Trends in Mental Health - report from The Mental Health Network, NHS Federation >>
   
• 18/08/2011
  £800 million for medical research
  The Government today announced a record £800 million funding to boost research and allow the development of ground breaking medicines, treatments and care for patients. The research will be carried out through NHS and university partnerships, managed by the National Institute for Health Research, including collaboration with industry and charities. More >>
   
• 21/06/2011
  Arts Therapies Survey 2011
  A survey concerned with the practice of professional Arts Therapists has just been launched!  Please take part and contribute to the research held at the Queen Margaret University (Edinburgh) by Dr Vicky Karkou and Ania Zubala, a PhD student.

Under the following link, you will find the questionnaire which is a result of an ongoing attempt to facilitate exchange of opinions and knowledge among Arts Therapists. Completing this questionnaire will take you approximately 15 minutes. Please use the link below to access the survey online:

https://surveys.qmu.ac.uk/arts_therapies_survey_2011

One of the participants will receive the book "Arts Therapies: A Research-based Map of the Field". Thank you to all who take part!

If you have any questions or would like more information about the survey or about this research, please contact either Ania Zubala at AZubala@qmu.ac.uk or Dr Vicky (Vassiliki) Karkou, Research Supervisor, at VKarkou@qmu.ac.uk.

• 20/05/2011
  Making prisons work: skills for rehabilitation
  New report from BIS (Department for Business Innovation and Skills) mentions the role of arts in rehabilitation:
  "As with other learners, offenders should have access to a wider offer of informal learning that brings with it other benefits, such as improved health, including mental health, with it. There is a long tradition of the arts being used within custody to motivate and engage learners, with much good work by voluntary and community sector organisations in support of that. We recognise the important role that the arts, collectively, can play in the rehabilitation process through encouraging self-esteem and improving communication skills as a means to the end of reducing reoffending. Future employment or self employment in, or associated with, the creative arts and crafts can for some represent a potential pathway to life free of crime. Engagement in the arts with the possibility of fresh vision, or at least a glimpse of a different life, often provokes, inspires and delights"
  Full report: www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/further-education-skills/docs/m/11-828-making-prisons-work-skills-for-rehabilitation
   
• 15/12/2010
  An audit of feedback forms from the 2010 BAAT courses yielded high scores in participants' satisfaction:  74% were rated as 'very good', 15% as 'good' and 1% as 'average'. 74% of tutors were rated as 'very helpful' and 16% as 'Helpful'. The BAAT is very proud of these results and will continue to ensure it provides high quality trainings. 
  BAAT courses >>
   
• 20/09/2010
  The Matisse Study: a randomised trial of group art therapy for people with schizophrenia. Read the Preliminary statement on BioMed Central>>  Final outcomes are expected in October!
   
• 17/07/2010
  Arts in Health and Arts Therapies
  A Statement of Principles >>
   
• 11/07/2010
  BAAT Logo Policy
  The British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) is a professional membership body and learned society. BAAT has a logo, which is displayed on its professional publications, official statements, advice packs, professional guidelines and  marketing materials – the BAAT logo is used as a way to certify  that the content of all these documents has been formally agreed by the elected Council of the Association and that it represents a professional consensus. As such, the logo cannot be used by any other organisations to promote events, policies or publications without a written formal agreement from the BAAT Council and/or its Chief Executive Officer (this can be done by email as well as by letter). Permission to use the logo is given on an individual case basis and when use of the logo has been agreed for a purpose, it is not transferable to other projects or products that do not relate to this purpose.
• Full BAAT Logo Policy >>
• Information for BAAT members >>