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From GPonline: “Almost a quarter of GPs are regularly using social prescribing to refer patients with social, emotional or practical needs to non-clinical services, a GPonline survey suggests. The figures suggest that social prescribing is continuing to gain traction in general practice….
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“For many years you have talked about me. Behind my back. Over my head. Shouting at me. At times you haven’t even acknowledged my existence, and never have you truly listened to me. I want this to change. I need…
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This book has been written by Carina Håkansson. The publishers say: “Ordinary Life Therapy is anything but ordinary. The work described in this book is relational, collaborative, generative and constructionist. It is also clinically sound and exciting – an extraordinary…
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“I don’t want anyone else to suffer the way I have. I don’t want forced psychiatry and forced psychiatric treatments in psychwards.” This 25 minute video (see below) from Janita Thurston is a submission to the Royal Commission established in…
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In 2018, Scotland, Iceland and New Zealand established the network of Wellbeing Economy Governments to challenge the acceptance of GDP as the ultimate measure of a country’s success. In this 10 minute TED Talk – see video below – the…
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This research article, by Rachel Sumner and Anne Goodenough, has been published in People and Nature . The abstract says: “1. The literature addressing the potential for nature and natural environments to reduce stress and improve health outcomes has a relative paucity of…
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