Impact of opera on mental health stigma: Pilot of provider/community workshop

K Skrine Jeffers, JD Mango, L Tang, ER Saks… - … Mental Health Journal, 2021 - Springer
Background Arts can influence mental health stigma, but little is known about impact of
operas. We examined effects of a two-opera workshop on complicated grief and …

Impact of Veteran Journeys opera on audience member attitudes related to veterans with posttraumatic stress or unstable housing.

RM Bilder, J Mango, KS Jeffers, L Tang… - … , Creativity, and the …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Few studies have assessed the impact of operas on audience engagement in social issues
and psychological well-being. This study evaluated a streaming opera's effects on measures …

Integration of arts and health sciences in developing an opera on veteran resilience and recovery

KB Wells, K Skrine Jeffers… - Health Promotion …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
There is an emerging literature on research interviews to inform arts projects, but little on
opera. This case study illustrates how research data informed an opera on Veteran recovery …

Impact of opera on resilience and thriving in serious mental illness: pilot evaluation of the Center Cannot Hold part 2 and resilience workshop

KB Wells, L Zhang, ER Saks, RM Bilder - Community mental health journal, 2024 - Springer
There are few studies of impacts of arts on recovery in schizphrenia, on audience mood and
social connection. We developed a pilot evaluation of opera performances in a university …

Formative Evaluation of Post-Opera Live Discussion of the Center Cannot Hold Part 2 and Resilience Workshop

K Wells, J Booker-Vaughns, T Dzou… - Community Mental Health …, 2024 - Springer
There are few studies of impacts of arts on recovery in schizophrenia, on audience and cast
responses. We developed a formative qualitative evaluation of audience and cast …

Veteran journeys: creating an opera based on research, clinical, and personal experiences

KB Wells - Psychiatric Services, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
This Open Forum describes the process of integrating personal experience; clinical
experience in providing care; and research background, methods, and data in creating an …