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'Comedy on prescription' trials underway to see if stand-up can be an anti-depressants alternative

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Craic Health has secured funding for a scheme which uses stand-up shows and workshops to help people who are isolated, lonely and vulnerable.

The work is being supported by Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher , who helped pioneer social prescriptions in Gloucestershire .

He has warned of "the pandemic of over-prescription" and outlined how "making people laugh can avoid the need for medication".

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