Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• Interventions that use creative texts (fiction books, stories, poetry)

• Interventions based in mainstream schools

• Interventions designed to be delivered by non-clinical practitioners (e.g. teacher, librarian, pastoral support worker)

• Mental health and wellbeing outcomes

• Non-randomised comparative evaluations, randomised controlled trials, interrupted time series

• Interventions that use non-fiction, didactic, or self-help texts

• Interventions designed to be delivered by clinical practitioners and/or healthcare professionals

• Interventions based in specialist schools or delivered outside the school

• Interventions that do not include the discussion of texts

• Case studies, opinion papers, conference papers, and any other research without primary data.