The connection cure the prescriptive power of movement, nature, art, service, and belonging

"In this combination of diligent science reporting, moving patient success stories, and surprising self-discovery, journalist Julia Hotz helps us discover lasting and life-changing medicine in our own communities. Traditionally, when we get sick, health care professionals ask, "What's the matter wit...

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Main Author: Hotz, Julia (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: A "social prescription"
  • Part I. Social prescribing for better health. The movement prescription : Frank and Amanda
  • The nature prescription : Heather and Nick
  • The art prescription : Khuyen and Jonas
  • The service prescription : Akeela and Marianne
  • The belonging prescription : Victoria and Glenn
  • Part II. Social prescribing for better health care. The birth of social prescribing : the United Kingdom
  • Social prescribing in big countries : Canada and Australia
  • Social prescribing in ageing countries : Singapore and South Korea
  • Social prescribing across a region : Portugal, the Netherlands, and the European Union
  • Social prescribing in the land of pill prescribing : the United States of America
  • Part III. Social prescribing for you and me. Getting unstuck from our sadness through movement
  • Restoring our attention through nature
  • Creating a new story about our worries through art
  • Lightening up through serving others
  • Finding meaning by finding belonging
  • Epilogue: The connection cure
  • Appendix: The crowdsourced "DSM".