The Connection Cure \;combines diligen t science reporting\, moving patient success stories\, and surprising self -discovery to help us discover the lasting and life-changing power of soci al prescribing. Traditionally\, when we get sick\, health care professiona ls ask\, &ldquo\;What&rsquo\;s the matter with you?&rdquo\; But around the world\, teams of doctors\, nurses\, therapists\, and social workers have started to flip the script\, asking &ldquo\;What matters \;to \;yo u?&rdquo\; \;
\nScience shows that social prescribing is effecti ve for treating symptoms of the modern world&rsquo\;s most common ailments &mdash\;depression\, ADHD\, addiction\, trauma\, anxiety\, chronic pain\, dementia\, diabetes\, and loneliness. By integrating age-old medicines lik e art\, nature\, movement\, and volunteer service into patient&rsquo\;s da ily lives\, social prescriptions are radically changing health and healthc are in more than thirty countries. Julia Hotz travels around the world to survey them \;&mdash\;sea-swimming lessons for depression\, &ldquo\;cu lture vitamins&rdquo\; for anxiety\, \; a fishing club for ADHD\, a fa rm-based day-care for dementia\, a phone-buddy program for social isolatio n\, and many more.
\nAs the first book on social prescribing\, \ ;The Connection Cure \;empowers you to find\, experience\, and impleme nt this revolutionary medicine in your own community. The success stories Julia finds bring a long-known theory to life: if we can change our enviro nment\, we can change our health. By reconnecting to what matters to us\, we can all start to feel better.
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