Effectiveness of arts interventions to reduce mental-health-related stigma among youth: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Educational interventions engage youth using visual, literary and performing arts to combat stigma associated with mental health problems. However, it remains unknown whether arts interventions are effective in reducing mental-health-related stigma among youth and if so, then which specific art forms, duration and stigma-related components in content are successful.

Methods

We searched 13 databases, including PubMed, Medline, Global Health, EMBASE, ADOLEC, Social Policy and Practice, Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews (DoPHER), Trials Register of Promoting Health Interventions (TRoPHI), EPPI-Centre database of health promotion research (Bibliomap), Web of Science, PsycINFO, Cochrane and Scopus for studies involving arts interventions aimed at reduc

SUBMITTER: Gaiha SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296649 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature