Social prescribing has gained traction across Canada, integrating healthcare, social services, and community support to benefit patients and lighten clinicians’ loads, according to a new report. Srija ...

Social prescribing is a part of personalized care provided by a range of local, non-clinical organizations to people who need support for their physical or mental health through social interventions.

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Green Social Prescribing is the practice of supporting people with mental health needs to engage in nature-based activities. Referrals will typically come from GPs, community mental health teams, or ...

Anxiety, depression, loneliness, chronic pain or long-term health conditions, as well as cancer and dementia: these are some of the pathologies that could benefit from ‘Social Prescribing’, that is ...

It took two years and nearly 50 emergency-room visits for Dr. Ardeshir Hashmi to realize he didn’t need to prescribe pills for his 93-year-old patient’s excruciating chest pains. He needed to ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – As the U.S. healthcare system continues to evolve, a new and promising movement is gaining ground—social prescribing. I sat down with an occupational therapist and the Lead for ...

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If you are like most, you haven't heard of social prescribing, and if you have, you aren't sure what it is. Social prescribing is an intervention healthcare professionals —such as doctors, nurses, and ...