The Mental Health Shift Everyone’s Talking About: Why Social Prescriptions Are Going Global

In this fired-up episode, Stacie dives into the incredible world of Social Prescribing—a powerful, doctor-backed movement in over 30 countries that’s already changing lives by prescribing community, connection, and non-medical solutions like gardening, hiking, and with our help...rescue dogs trained for a person's specific needs.

Learn how the UK’s Social Prescribing model has already helped millions tackle mental health, loneliness, and stress without meds, and meet the unsung heroes of the movement: Link Workers—the compassionate connectors filling in where doctors can’t.

Stacie breaks down:

• Real-time global snapshot of Social Prescriptions + why it's spreading rapidly
• Why the UK nationalized it in 2019 and 30+ countries are currently investing in it
• Where the U.S. stands and how we might be closer than we think to this kind of revolution
• How The Human-Canine Alliance Matchmaking App could become a prescribing tool for emotional wellness

This episode is a strong dose of education and a powerful look at global mental healthcare trends towards Social Prescriptions. 

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Resources used in this episode:

• Social Prescribing Academy (UK)
• National Lottery Community Fund (UK)
• Elemental Software (UK)
• Jameel Arts and Health Lab
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• National Academy for Social Prescribing (UK)
• Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP)
• Social Prescribing USA
• Benjamin Goldberg Foundation
• ArtPharmacy.co
• Culture Rx
• Health Leads
• Wholesome Wave
• Park Rx
• The Art Therapy Project
• VAGA (Visual Arts and Galleries Association)
• Stanford University's Art Prescriptions Program
  
  

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