Mental Health Research

In this report, Senedd Cymru set out a number of recommendations that they think will help ensure that the creative industries continues to grow in a fair and sustainable way.

The Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee is carrying out an inquiry into the creative industries workforce.

Research aimed to quantify the impact of the pandemic, lockdowns and social restrictions on mental health in Wales.

WAHWN’s collection of research and papers relating to the field of arts, health, and well-being.

This paper reports on an event organised by the Institute of Welsh Affairs with support from Creative Wales at the Millennium Centre, in Cardiff, on 7 November 2023. Titled ‘Creative Crossroads: Well-being & Sustainability in the Creative Industries’, the event explored the challenges of funding, persisting precariousness, and sustainability in the creative sector in Wales.

Experimental Media Research Centre (EMERGE) is a creative, practice-led research centre, sharing critical concerns in relation to experimental media practices that engage directly with social and cultural innovation.

New research from wellbeing charity Inspire and Ulster University has found people working in the creative industries in NI are almost three times more likely to suffer from mental ill health than the general population.

This report summarises findings from a series of studies conducted between 2017 and 2022 that examined the relationship between arts and cultural engagement and health and wellbeing outcomes using UK and US cohort studies.

The Interim CIISA Team

Further report findings from the first ever UK Musicians’ Census show that almost a third of professional musicians in the UK are experiencing poor mental wellbeing, due to factors such as low pay, career barriers and witnessing or experiencing discrimination.

Research from Help Musicians exploring the working experiences of musicians and the impact on their mental health and wellbeing.

March 2023: UK Music, and its music industry members, are backing a proposed new organisation that would lead work in the creative industries to prevent and tackle workplace bullying and harassment.

Race and disability – black disabled experience in the UK’s music industry. A report that brings together survey findings and first-hand insights of intersectional prejudice.

The results of the largest ever survey of data focused on the experiences of Black musicians and industry professionals.

Equity have published a global scoping review of 111 academic studies related to mental health and wellbeing in students and professionals within the performing arts.

More than half of authors (54%) responding to a survey by The Bookseller on their experiences of publishing their debut book have said the process negatively affected their mental health.

Reading, writing and sharing poetry can help people cope with loneliness or isolation and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression, a new study shows.

Writing about important personal experiences in an emotional way for as little as 15 minutes over the course of three days brings about improvements in mental and physical health. This finding has been replicated across age, gender, culture, social class, and personality type.

Bectu has welcomed the publication of the Film and TV Charity’s Looking Glass ’22 report.

The Looking Glass report is research commissioned by The Film and TV Charity, exploring the experiences of people who have had a mental health problem while working in Film and TV.

Bectu is proud to support the Film and TV Charity’s The Whole Picture Toolkit: For Mentally Healthy…

The BFI and BAFTA launch practical employer action list backed by over 40 organisations across film, games and television including new endorsement from The Casting Directors’ Guild, Coalition for Change and talent agencies.

Film and TV production companies in Wales are being offered a unique…

The UK’s film and TV industry is “failing employees” in its approach to tackling sexual harassment six years on from #MeToo, according to a first-of-its-kind study.