Social prescribing

Abstract

presents to her family physician with several concerns. She has high blood pressure and illness suggestive of generalized anxiety disorder with depressed mood. R.E.'s family physician understands that R.E. is a sole parent for 3 young children: "I wish I could get out of the house or book an hour for talk therapy, but it is just not feasible for me." In addition to trying medication, they decide to connect R.E. to a local link worker. The link worker is able to help R.E. organize municipally subsidized child care and provide a social prescription to a parent exercise group co-located with the child care centre, thereby also finding time for talk therapy. Through a social prescription that addresses R.E.'s social needs, R.E. is able to take