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18 June 2024

Performing Anxiety

Mental Health Foundation Scotland
A new good practice resource for people wanting to make creative work about mental health, covering everything from autobiographical shows about anxiety and depression to participatory projects working with vulnerable people.
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Details

This online resource includes an 60-page publicationfive-episode podcast, in depth artist interviews, specially commissioned provocations, and an evolving set of good practice guidelines drawing on one-to-one conversations and focus groups with people across the arts industry.

Questions explored include:

  • How do you share very personal mental health experiences with an audience without jeopardising your mental health?
  • How do you safeguard the mental health of people you’re working with?
  • What is good practice when it comes to consent?
  • How effective are check ins, access riders, wellbeing practitioners and other recent mental health initiatives?
  • What do producers and programmers need to know when supporting work about mental health?
  • What is the role of cultural leaders?
  • What needs to change to make the arts a more mentally healthy place to work?