Self-help books on prescription

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) March 2004Patients with depression have been prescribed around 3,000 self-help books by GPs in Cardiff, as part of a pilot scheme designed to look at alternatives to traditional medication and psychiatric treatments. The scheme, developed by Neil Frude, a psychologist with Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust, enables GPs to lend…

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