“I now have a life!” Lived experiences of participation in music and theater in a mental health hospital

• Kristin Berre Ørjasæter ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Kristin.b.orjasater@nord.no

  Affiliations Department of Social Education and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6873-0876

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• Larry Davidson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Program for Recovery & Community Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Marianne Hedlund,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social and Educational Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Ottar Bjerkeset,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Social Education and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Ottar Ness

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Social Education and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Bodø, Norway, Department of Education and lifelong Learning, Faculty of Social and Educational Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Centre for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Faculty of Health, Social and Welfare studies, University of Southeast Norway, Drammen, Norway

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