As part of our TENT Talks series, author Julia Hotz will present details from her book The Connection Cure on the The Science, Stories & Spread of Social Prescribing on Tuesday, July 8 at 10:00am. Julia will be joined in conversation with Dr. Barry Zuckerman.

Traditionally, when we get sick, health care professionals ask, “What’s the matter with you?” But around the world, teams of doctors, nurses, therapists, and social workers have started to flip the script, asking “What matters to you?” Instead of solely pharmaceutical prescriptions, they offer “social prescriptions”—referrals to community activities and resources, like photography classes, gardening groups, and swimming lessons.

Now happening in thirty counties, the results speak for themselves. Science shows social prescribing is effective for treating symptoms of the modern world’s most common ailments—depression, ADHD, addiction, trauma, anxiety, chronic pain, dementia, diabetes, and loneliness. Social prescribing has also proven to reduce patient wait times, lower hospitalization rates, save money, and reverse health worker burnout. And even without a diagnosis or doctor's order, the practice of reconnecting to what matters to us can help all of us feel healthier.

EVENT DETAILS:
📌 The Connection Cure with Julia Holz
📌 Tuesday, July 8 from 10:00-11:00am* at Payomet Performing Arts Center
*Complimentary coffee and pastries will be served so you're welcome to join us a few minutes early for a snack

About the speaker: Julia Hotz is a solutions focused journalist based in New York. Her stories have appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Scientific American, The Boston Globe, Time, and more. She helps other journalists report on the big new ideas changing the world at the Solutions Journalism Network. For her insights on social prescribing, she has been invited to advise health and community organizations, teach in medical schools, deliver talks at TEDx, university symposiums, and international conferences, and write editorials for publications including The Wall Street Journal, Slate, and more. She proudly serves on the board of Walk with a Doc, and as an advisor to Social Prescribing USA.

This TENT Talks series is being presented to the community free of charge, and registration is not required to attend– LINK TO REGISTER COMING SOON!