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Thursday, March 08, 2012

Reading for mental health – Medical Humanities article


Get into Reading as an intervention for common mental health problems: exploring catalysts for change by Dowrick et al builds on increasing evidence for the efficacy of non-medical strategies to improve mental health and wellbeing.   Two weekly reading groups were held for 12 months, in a general practice and a mental health drop-in centre, for people with a diagnosis of depression. Reductions in depressive symptoms were observed among  group participants, with three potential catalysts for change identified as: literary form and content, group facilitation and group processes.

Medical Humanities, 2012 doi:10.1136/medhum-2011-010083. Please contact your library for access to the full text of this article.

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