ART4ME - Art 4 Mental health

The Art4Me project connects mental health and art and aims to create a unique opportunity to provide a new platform for sharing knowledge across borders and stakeholders, and a path for better citizen empowerment with or at risk of having mental health problems. A long series of new tools is therefore needed to address mental health. While art and creative expression have been a central element of European culture for millennia, the use of art as a tool for mental health has been poorly mapped and experiences often not shared.

The project aims to:

• Promoting mental health through art therapy to adults with mental health problems.
• Highlight the importance of promoting mental health through the visual arts, with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of millions of Europeans affected by psychiatric disorders.
• The project welcomes patients through the use of a Patient Advisory Board (PAB).
• Examine the situation in each partner country (Denmark, Greece, Italy, Croatia) regarding the use of art therapy and the use of art in promoting mental health.