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Samoa

• Samoa Art Centre illustrates why the arts are so popular in mental health

  This year, Samoa’s Tiapapata Art Centre started working with mental health rehabilitation services and community groups to develop an ongoing art program called Fa’alaiga o Lagona- Expressions of Emotion. Featured in Mental As… a campaign run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as part... Read more

• Art Supported Recovery in Samoa

  Supported by the Pacific Media Assistance Scheme, Samoa’s National Health Service, Tiapapata Art Centre and Asia Australia Mental Health convened a stakeholder forum and Art Making on the Way to Recovery workshop in Apia in June 2014. The activities explored the context for a Samoan mental health... Read more