PATIENTS who visit their doctors in St Helens could soon be prescribed self-help books rather than conventional medicine. St Helens Council and Halton and St Helens primary care trust (PCT) last night revealed the initiative as part of events to mark World Mental Health day next month. Books on Prescription will allow GPs to recommend a library book to help patients manage the difficulties they are experiencing, including anxiety, stress, abuse, anorexia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.
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GPs may prescribe books instead of medicines - Liverpool Daily Post 19th September 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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