Creative arts and digitial interventions as potential tools in prevention and recovery from the mental health consequences of adverse childhood experiences

Kamaldeep Bhui; Sania Shakoor; Anna Mankee-Williams; Michaela Otis

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35466-0

Creative arts and digitial interventions as potential tools in prevention and recovery from the mental health consequences of adverse childhood experiences

Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 22;13(1):7870. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35466-0.

Authors

Kamaldeep Bhui^#^{1

2}, Sania Shakoor^#³, Anna Mankee-Williams⁴, Michaela Otis⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and Wadham College at the University of Oxford. Oxford Health and East London NHS Foundation Trusts. World Psychiatric Association Collaborating Centre, Oxford, UK. kam.bhui@psych.ox.ac.uk.
² Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. kam.bhui@psych.ox.ac.uk.
³ Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁴ Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK.
⁵ Imperial College; North West London Applied Research Collaborative, London, UK.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can harm mental health across the lifespan and reduce life expectancy. We provide a commentary of evidence on the health impacts, and how creative arts and digital interventions may support prevention and recovery.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adverse Childhood Experiences*
Humans
Mental Disorders* / prevention & control
Mental Disorders* / psychology
Mental Health

Grants and funding

MR/W002183/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom