Arts – Performing arts activities such as singing, dancing and acting;
– visual arts, design and crafts including clay modelling, photography, sewing;
– digital arts activities including photography, animation and filmmaking;
– literary arts such as reading, creative writing, and storytelling;
– culture such as going to museums, galleries, concerts, community events, cultural festivals, and fairs.
Related terms: culture, arts and culture
Arts on Prescription- AoP is a mental health promoting programme which is a model of social prescribing (next to Books, Education, Exercise on Prescription etc.) that enables health professionals or other referral channels to refer people to a range of creative and participatory activities to support their mental health, and social inclusion.
Related terms: Culture on referral, Arts on referral
Baltic Sea Region – The Baltic Sea Region is a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe that includes countries and territories bordering the Baltic Sea such as Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden.
Cross-sectoral Collaboration – is a process where departments, organisations work together across sectors such as municplaities, regions, NGOs to collectively focus their expertise and resources in planning and implementing programmes in a community.
Culture and arts facilitator – The culture and arts facilitators are professionals in the field of arts and culture who perform cultural or arts activities with the participants within the Arts on Prescription programme. The culture and arts facilitators will most often be employed at libraries, museums, art schools, music schools or self-employed artists.
Related terms: Culture guide, artist, cultural employee, cultural worker
Cultural institutions – Cultural institutions are organisations, facilities, or structures that preserve and promote cultural heritage, artistic expressions, and intellectual works. They play a vital role in educating the public and preserving cultural values, traditions, and history.
Related terms: museums, art galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, performing arts centres, cultural centres, and historic landmarks.
Diagnosis-free space – A diagnosis-free space is characterised by the absence of diagnostic labels and categories used by the professionals. In a diagnosis-free space, individuals can receive help in understanding and managing their mental health challenges without feeling defined or stigmatized by a certain diagnosis. It also allows for the exploration and understanding of their unique experiences and needs, by giving the participants a mental break from their issues and creating a feeling of flow and creative potential.
Related terms: non-clinical space, non-medical space, non-therapy space
Health – Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Related terms: health promotion, health outcomes
Link worker – The link worker is responsible for the daily project management and communication, and coordinates cooperation with the referral channels, culture and arts facilitators, cultural institutions, and functions as contact person for the participants.
Related terms: Local manager, local coordinator, AoP-coordinator
Local working group – Local employees who are responsible for planning and managing the implementation of the programme. The group’s function is to specifically solve practical tasks and challenges related to the project, programs, and participants, as well as ensure collaboration across departments, systems, and cultures.
Related terms: local project group
Mental health – Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community. It is an integral component of health and well-being that underpins our individual and collective abilities to make decisions, build relationships and shape the world we live in. Mental health is a basic human right. And it is crucial to personal-, community- and socio-economic development. Mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders. It exists on a complex continuum, which is experienced differently from one person to the next, with varying degrees of difficulty and distress and potentially very different social and clinical outcomes.
Related terms: mental well-being
Mental health problems – Mental health problems include mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities as well as other mental states associated with significant distress, impairment in functioning, or risk of self-harm. People with mental health problems are more likely to experience lower levels of mental well-being, but this is not always or necessarily the case.
Related terms: mental health issues, mental health conditions
Mental health promotion programme – A mental health promotion programme is an organised set of activities designed to support and enhance the mental health and well-being of individuals or communities. The goal of such a programme is to promote mental health and prevent mental health problems by providing resources, creating a safe and supportive environment to facilitate building resilience and empowerment as well as fostering positive relationships and social support.
Related terms: Arts on Prescription, culture interventions
