News-Medical.Net March 24, 2025
The use of ‘social prescriptions’ to improve children and young people’s wellbeing without medication can strengthen government policy on mental health support, University of Manchester researchers have found.
In an article published by Policy@Manchester, Ruth Farrimond-Goff and Professor Caroline Bond highlight recent data from the World Health Organization which suggests that one in seven people globally aged 10-19 years experience a diagnosable mental health condition.
But they point out that whilst ‘social prescribing’ – providing a link worker or community navigator to prescribe a social/community-based care package – can support adults to address social and emotional needs, it is not yet commonly deployed for children and young people in the UK.
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