Table 1.
A brief review of a number of destigmatizing art festivals with the main goal of increasing awareness about mental health disorders*.
| Campaign/ festival | Aim | Target population | Art tools utilized | Place | Year conducted | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health arts and film festival | To end mental health stigma and discrimination | Citizens of Glasgow and Lanarkshire | Film, theater, comedy, concert, community event, debate, discussion, and workshop | Scotland | 2007 | (24) |
| “Wellness and Talking Wellness” | To communicate effectively and to decrease the stigma of depression | African-Americans in Los Angles, USA | Poetry, film, and photography | African-American region of the USA | 2004–2005 | (25) |
| “AUSNAHME|ZUSTAND” (State of Emergency) | To decrease the stigma and social distance of the audience toward people with mental illness | Adolescents | Film, documentary | Germany | 2008–2010 | (26) |
| “Open the Doors” | To improve public knowledge and to reduce the stigma toward schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorders | General and specific target groups such as students, teachers, health professionals, police, and journalists | Workshop, theater, painting, film | 27 countries | 1999-present | (27) |
| Trapped in the Labyrinth | To challenge stigma and increase awareness and understanding of mental illness | General public audiences | Drama and devised performance in theater | United Kingdom | 2016 | (28) |
| “Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts” of Hong-Kong | To help with destigmatizing and to increase “understanding and support” for people living with mental illness | Individuals with mental illness and the general public | Art exhibition and art-making workshop | Hong Kong | – | (29) |
| “Altered States of Consciousness” | To increase public awareness of psychotic experiences | Respondents to advertisements in South-East London, local artists, visitors to the exhibition, the production team | Workshop with people with lived experience, trained actors, artwork, voice hearing simulation, video installation | UK | 2017 | (30) |
*Mentioned campaigns and festivals were selected using the broad search in Pubmed, Scopus, and Embase. The search strategy was the combination of keywords: (festival OR campaign) AND art AND mental AND stigma. The search yielded a total of 22 results, excluding the duplicates. Finally, seven studies were eligible for this brief review table.