Nurturing Creativity whilst Caring: Participatory Action Research with family carers and a Recovery College
This example shows how Participatory Action Research can be an effective approach to designing courses for family carers in a Recovery College. We explore deeper understandings of self-care whilst caring, and the ways creativity can enable this and have wider reaching benefits. Our findings also add to the literature on implementing adult education in practice in Recovery College settings. Finally, we provide some implications for improving courses for family carers and future research.
Authors
- Karen Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-0929)
- Lana Samuels
- Bryher Bowness (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4504-4958)
- Sarah Bicknell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3882-514X)
- Claire Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-5659)
- Samina Begum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3296-5600)
- Sudhir V. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2403-8136)
- Stephanie Hess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1762-4461)
- Vanessa C. Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-2018)
- Debbie Bark
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (GB)
- Oldham Council (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1607560
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00