The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by the excess use of antimicrobials has come to be recognized as a global threat to public health. There is a ‘tragedy of the commons’ type social dilemma behind this excess use of antimicrobials,
Health care systems throughout the United States are developing programmes to address patients social determinants of health? such as housing, food, income and transportation. I investigate the concepts, technologies and infrastructures through which health care systems are turning towards the social as ...
Furthermore, social prescribing approaches (e.g. Husk et al., 2016) that can facilitate the acquisition of social support may help build feelings of identity resilience in gay men.Availability of Data and Materials The dataset can be accessed by contacting the corresponding author.References Alonzo...
In the social science literature, as yet, social prescribing has received relatively little attention, and critical engagement with the approach is still scarce. However, some authors have analyzed social prescribing in terms of its claimed contribution to addressing the social determinants of health. ...
Finally, a study conducted in Switzerland claims to have found a tendency involving gender of the health professional in prescribing to women: female doctors prescribed more psychotropics to women than male doctors [10]. Comparing with reports in the literature, in our health interview survey a ...
The act of prescribing multiple medications. No formal agreement on the number of medications exists but usually classed as those on four to six medications a day. In older adults this increases the risk of side effects and adverse events. Telemedicine Remote delivery of health or social care us...
In fact, more children in the United States are being prescribed these medications than any other country in the world. Even though the long-term consequences of these medications are yet unknown, medical professionals are still prescribing them to children, an age demographic they were not ...
Prescribing opioid replacement therapy in US correctional settings. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2017;45(4):472–7. PubMed Google Scholar Turner S, et al. Self-medication with alcohol or drugs for mood and anxiety disorders: a narrative review of the epidemiological literature. Depress Anxiety. ...
"In saying that, there are some encouraging signs on the horizon. "In the UK, for example, there is a strong push to encourage GPs to offer 'social prescribing' as part of their treatment for patients with a range of conditions including stress, trauma, ageing, depression, addiction, eatin...
Service user perspectives on social prescribing services for mental health in the UK: a systematic review Aim:To thematically synthesise adult service users' perspectives on how UK-based social prescribing services support them with their mental health manageme... M Cooper,D Flynn,Avery, L.Ashley,...