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Creative outlets like drawing and painting are great ways of exploring your emotions and relieving stress.

A new initiative in the UK seeks to change that, by prescribing photography as a mental health treatment.

Launched byWex Photo Video, this project is supported by the National Academy of Social Prescribing (NASP).

Photography is Prescribed as Mental Health Treatment in the UK

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So far, community groups in London, Bristol, and Greater Manchester have signed up for the program.