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B0CSGZBT7Z M4B@64 kbps The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service and Belonging [Audiobook] 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. Traditionally, when we get sick, health care professionals ask, "What's the matter with you?" But around the world, teams of doctors, nurses, therapists, and social workers have started to flip the script, asking "What matters to you?" Instead of solely pharmaceutical prescriptions, they offer 'social prescriptions'referrals to community activities and resources, like photography classes, gardening groups, and volunteering gigs. The results speak for themselves. Science shows that social prescribing is effective for treating symptoms of the modern world's most common ailmentsdepression, ADHD, addiction, trauma, anxiety, chronic pain, dementia, diabetes, and loneliness.