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Integrating Non-Clinical Supports into Care: A Systematic Review of Social Prescribing Referral Pathways for Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Psychosocial Improvement Cover

Integrating Non-Clinical Supports into Care: A Systematic Review of Social Prescribing Referral Pathways for Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Psychosocial Improvement

International Journal of Integrated Care
Volume 25 (2025): Issue 3
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Open Access
|Aug 2025

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Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study selection in systematic review.

Inclusion criteria:

  • Participants: Studies reporting on SP pathways targeted to adults (18+ years).

  • Intervention: Studies reporting on SP pathways to community-based interventions, referred by care providers, and targeting mental health, wellbeing, or psychosocial outcomes.

  • Comparator: Studies comparing SP participants to a control group or evaluating longitudinal change in SP participants.

  • Outcomes: Studies reporting quantitative or qualitative outcomes related to mental health, wellbeing, or psychosocial health (before and after the intervention for quantitative studies).

Exclusion criteria:

  • Studies published prior to 1 January 2010.

  • Non-empirical studies (e.g., editorials, commentaries, letters) and conference abstracts.

  • No full-text available.

  • Not published in English.

  • Not set in a high-income OECD country.

  • Grey literature.

[i] OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; SP, social prescribing.

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Figure 1

PRISMA flowchart displaying the process of identification and selection of included studies.

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Figure 2

Two main referral and linkage pathways identified in the included studies.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.9127 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 29, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 11, 2025
Published on: Aug 19, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
social prescribing,
person-centred care,
integrated care,
mental health,
wellbeing,
psychosocial needs

© 2025 Samantha Spanos, Shalini Wijekulasuriya, Louise A. Ellis, Maree Saba, Tanja Schroeder, Charlotte Officer, Yvonne Zurynski, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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