Unique contributions from the arts on the process and practice of psychiatric rehabilitation.

This article presents an introduction to the special issue of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal. This special issue explores what exposure to various forms of art can add to the understanding of human nature, including mental health, and in particular, efforts and ways to advance psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery. While psychiatric rehabilitation is increasingly positioned as a scientific enterprise, we ask whether this field can benefit from lessons learned from the arts. More specifically, the authors explore how the arts can enhance the field of psychiatric rehabilitation by helping those in this field to understand, through new perspectives, the experiences of people with mental health issues. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).