State of poetry therapy research (review)

Heimes, Silke

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2010.09.006

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“…(The related fields of ‘poetry therapy’37 and ‘narrative-based medicine’38 focus on writing, rather than reading, poetry or narrative. The evidence base for their efficacy for eating disorders is also fairly small but growing 13…”

Section: Existing Empirical Evidence For Self-help and Creative Biblimentioning

confidence: 99%

Fiction-reading for good or ill: eating disorders, interpretation and the case for creative bibliotherapy research

Troscianko

2018

Med Humanities

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Compared with self-help bibliotherapy, little is known about the efficacy of creative bibliotherapy or the mechanisms of its possible efficacy for eating disorders or any other mental health condition. It is clear, however, that fiction is widely used informally as a therapeutic or antitherapeutic tool and that it has considerable potential in both directions, with a possibly significant distinction between the effects of reading fiction about eating disorders (which may-contrary to theoretical predictions-be broadly negative in effect) or one's preferred genre of other fiction (which may be broadly positive). Research on creative bibliotherapy, especially systematic experimental research, is lacking and requires a medical humanities approach, drawing on knowledge and methods from psychology and cognitive literary studies as well as clinical disciplines to expand our understanding of how the dynamic processes of interpretation mediate between textual structures and characteristics of mental health and illness.

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Section: Existing Empirical Evidence For Self-help and Creative Biblimentioning

confidence: 99%

Fiction-reading for good or ill: eating disorders, interpretation and the case for creative bibliotherapy research

Troscianko

2018

Med Humanities

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“…Poetry therapy is relatively well-established in other areas of the scientific community, especially in the fields of psychology and psychiatry (Heimes, 2011), but it is yet to be applied extensively in speech-language pathology. In the clinical domain, poetry is typically conceived as a cognitive and emotionally therapeutic tool, and it may be useful to augment language and communication.…”

Section: Clinical Considerationsmentioning

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“…One recent review suggests that poetry therapy is an evidence-based practice in a myriad of medical contexts (Heimes, 2011). However, little research has been done on the efficacy of poetry for patients with aphasia.…”

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Poetry and aphasia: A clinical outlook

Shafi

Carozza

2011

Journal of Poetry Therapy

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“…Many writers agree that poetry therapy is most effective as an adjunct to therapy (Mazza, 2003;McCulliss, 2012;Perlin, 2009;Heimes, 2011), in part to support clients with the painful process of accessing difficult emotions and experiences (Esterling et al, 1999). This strengthens the case for this intervention to be offered as part of a package of care, such as in psychiatric hospitals, where poetry therapy can encourage expression, peer interaction and engagement in groups through the use of an expressive, 'strength-based technique' (Kerner and Fitzpatrick, 2007, p. 333) that can potentially be less confrontational or threatening than other groups (Alschuler, 2006).…”

Section: Process Characteristics and Benefitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…He also found that the majority of the existing research was conducted in the US, and that more was needed from elsewhere in the world. Heimes (2011) also acknowledged the lack of fit between a systematic review using the CEBM's standards for levels of evidence, and poetry therapy, which may be more suited to qualitative research methods that explore meaning and expression. There have been some qualitative investigations of poetry therapy.…”

Section: Quantitative Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%