Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2024 Jul;26(7):359-378. doi: 10.1007/s11920-024-01511-6. Epub 2024 May 8.
The purpose of this review and meta-analysis was to explore the effectiveness of creative writing therapies for the management of depression and suicidal ideation.
Twenty one of the 31 reviewed studies showed that creative writing significantly improved depressive symptoms, while five studies suggested improvement in other symptoms. The results of meta-analyses showed that narrative writing significantly reduced depression compared to those in neutral writing or treatment as usual condition in both post intervention and follow-up. However, the number of studies exploring the effects of creative writing in suicidal ideation was too low to perform a meta-analysis. A structured and well-targeted intervention using creative writing could have beneficial results for the management of depressive symptoms. More studies are needed to explore the potential benefits of creative writing for reducing suicidal ideation.
本次综述和荟萃分析的目的在于探讨创意写作疗法在抑郁和自杀意念管理方面的有效性。
在 31 项综述研究中，有 21 项研究表明创意写作显著改善了抑郁症状，而 5 项研究则表明其他症状有所改善。荟萃分析的结果表明，与中性写作或常规治疗相比，叙事写作在干预后和随访中均显著降低了抑郁程度。然而，探索创意写作对自杀意念影响的研究数量太少，无法进行荟萃分析。使用创意写作进行有针对性的结构化干预可能对管理抑郁症状有有益的效果。需要更多的研究来探索创意写作在降低自杀意念方面的潜在益处。
