Evidence for Words for Wellbeing

There is robust evidence from systematic reviews - the gold standard of healthcare evidence - that Words for Wellbeing can support a range of health and wellbeing needs. Several national guidelines for NHS Scotland and NHS England produced by SIGN  and NICE  recommend this approach.​ ​

Words for wellbeing approaches have been used successfully to support people with:​

• Mild to moderate depression or anxiety.​
• Grief and bereavement​
• Stress​
• Self-harm​
• Social isolation​
• Alcohol and drug dependency​
• Eating disorders​
• Obsessive compulsive disorder​
• Staying independent in later life​
• Self-managing with long term health conditions including chronic pain, cancer, chronic fatigue, diabetes.​ ​

Find out more in this literature review  produced for the Scottish Poetry Library in a Scottish Library and Information Council project.