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You and Yours: Doctors prescribing books, stolen phones, sun creams

Doctors prescribing books, stolen phones, sun creams

03/06/2013

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Doctors prescribing books, stolen phones, sun creams

Julian Worricker asks if books can be an effective treatment for mental health problems.

Can books be an effective therapy for mental health problems? How much protection do you get from a sun cream? The thieves exploiting smart phone warranties. With Julian Worricker.

Doctors in England will soon be prescribing a range of specially selected books to people with mental health problems. It follows a scheme developed in Wales and widely regarded as a success.  But can books be an effective treatment, and how do patients feel about reading as therapy?
Sun creams make a variety of claims as to the protection they provide, but what do they really do for our skin? How much should we use, and what is the difference between using a factor 5, 10 or 50?   
Some smart-phones come with attractive warranties, but it's emerged that thieves are exploiting these to increase the profits they make on a stolen phone. 
Producer:   Jonathan Hallewell
Presenter:  Julian Worricker.

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