Richard Mottershead

Dr, RAK College of Nursing, Ras Al Khaimah Medical & Health Sciences University, United Arab Emirates

Publications

• Review Article   
  Empowering Social Prescribing and Peer Support: A Proposed Therapeutic Alliance against Addiction and Substance Misuse within the Middle East
  Author(s): Richard Mottershead* and Nafi Alonaizi
  
  The authors propose that social prescribing is an empowering strategy to assist individuals to connect and thrive within their communities and supports improvements in their health and well-being. Whilst, social prescribing schemes have been developed within western healthcare systems for some decades and continue to gain popularity, there has been little evidence of its widespread use within the Middle East. This region has continued to be pre-dominantly focused on pharmaceutical interventions for individuals experiencing addiction and substance misuse and whilst it is acknowledged that there are enclaves throughout the region, these are not common practice. A world shaped by a post-COVID-19 global economic crisis appears to have had detrimental effects on physical and mental health due to substance misuse and addictions. The use of social pre.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4303/JDAR/236208

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