Every year in Italy, thousands of people participate in artistic and cultural activities as part of their treatment. Doctors, psychologists, social workers, and teachers recommend theater workshops, music, museums, writing, and dancing. It is a common, effective, yet surprisingly unnoticeable practice. At least for now. The CCW - Cultural Welfare Center, with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, has performed the first nationwide study on the prescription of art and culture, shedding light on a subject that has long been marginalized by state policy. The numbers speak for themselves: 918 organizations are active in Italy, out of a total of 1,300 assessed. Of them, 617 are Social Prescription Units with established referral programs, while 301 are Cultural Welfare Units that operate without formal referrals but, according to one telling statistic, 97% want to implement them. Nevertheless, the cultural welfare map illustrates an unequal nation: the Northwest, which comprises 27% of the population, is home to 39% of organizations, while the South and Islands, which comprise 14% of the total population, hold 34%. Southern Italy isn't absent; it's just invisible to institutional channels. Unlike the British approach, which focuses on the general practitioner, the Italian model involves numerous prescribers: psychologists (32%), social workers and teachers (24%), and pediatricians (20%). General practitioners remain at 8%, hampered by a lack of integrated technologies. Nonetheless, the outcomes are extraordinary: 97% of participants complete the program, with 75% meeting their stated well-being objectives. This success, however, is fragile, as 40% of programs conclude with no follow-up, and just 24% of businesses have a structured link worker.