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Author / Creator:Davis, Philip (Philip Maurice)
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2020.
©2020
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Arts for health
Subject:
Books and reading.
Books and reading.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12872959
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ISBN:9781838673055
1838673059
9781838673079
1838673075
1838673083
9781838673086
Notes:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 23, 2020).
Summary:Can reading literature really help our mental health? This book shows how and why, not by instruction or prescription, but by emotion and exploration. Offering case histories of individual readers and reading groups, the authors showcase the health and wellbeing benefits which come from our access to written human stories and imagined situations.
Other form:Print version: 1838673083 9781838673086
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title Page
  • ARTS FOR HEALTH
  • Copyright Page
  • Title Page
  • Contents
  • Series Preface: Creative Public Health
  • Introductory Note
  • 1: Why Reading?
  • Notes
  • 2: What Helps?
  • Quantitative Measures, Self-reporting Questionnaires, and Interviews
  • Language Analysis
  • Physiological Measures
  • Conclusion: The Whole Thing
  • Notes
  • 3: Who Can Benefit?
  • Some Children
  • Some Adults
  • Older Adults
  • Notes
  • 4: How to Engage with Reading?
  • Section 1: What Is Engaged Reading?
  • Section 2: How to Do This Kind of Engaged Reading?
  • Things To Do
  • On My Own
  • Things to do on my own (1): Try the reading app
  • Things to do on my own (2): Making notes or writing a reading diary
  • Things to Do
  • With Others
  • Things to Do
  • for Others
  • Things to See and Hear
  • Notes
  • 5: What Can Professionals Do to Help?
  • Against 'Professionalism'
  • In Favour of the Practical
  • Starting Up
  • Getting In
  • Staying In
  • Breaking Through
  • It's Not Over
  • Contexts for the Delivery of Shared Reading
  • Family Home
  • Care Homes
  • Health Care Settings
  • Prisons and Secure Settings
  • Notes
  • 6: What are the Challenges and How to Overcome Them?
  • Public and Social Challenges You Face
  • Further Professional and Practical Challenges
  • The Challenge of Choice: Who Chooses What?
  • The Challenge of Resistance
  • 1. Arthur
  • 2. Mark
  • 3. Heather
  • Notes
  • 7: Useful Links and Further Reading
  • Links
  • Suggested Further Reading
  • Index

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