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

Summary: "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 through the new practice of "social prescribing""--

Record details

ISBN: 9781668030332 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
viii, 324 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 2024.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue : a "social prescription" -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.