Take 2 Books and Call Me in the Morning: British docs prescribe books for patients

Therapeutic reading?

Imagine popping a couple chapters of a book instead of two of these.

Newspapers are reporting that doctors in the United Kingdom will be prescribing self-help and health books as reading material for those suffering from a variety of mild-to-moderate mental ailments, such as mild depression, anxiety and panic attacks. The CEO of the British charity the Reading Agency,Miranda McKearney, explained in an article in The Guardian, “There is a growing evidence base that shows tha...