From Pills to People: The Rise of Social Prescribing
Karen Mak brings you a bumper edition blog on social prescribing, finding that rates have steadily grown recently in the UK, though access remains unequal.
What would our world look like if people relied less on medicines and pills, and more on social activities, personal growth and self-development?
The UK is currently undergoing two major population health shifts:
- increasing health challenges amongst an ageing population
- deteriorating mental health in younger generations
Prescribed medications remain the standard treatment for many physical and mental health conditions.
While effective in many cases, they are often seen as ‘treating symptoms rather than the cause’. As a result, if individuals return to the same social environment that contributed to their illness, they are likely to become unwell again.
Author's summary: Social prescribing grows in the UK.
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