Doctors, might you consider Prescribing your Patients Make a "Gratitude List"?

Research has shown that shifting thinking from Suffering to Gratitude is beneficial to Health.

Doctors, might you consider Prescribing your Patients make a "Gratitude List"?  In doing so, your patients might feel better, have more resilience, and might need less medicine/treatment. 

What do you have to lose in Prescribing Your Patients "Do a Daily Gratitude List"?

Perhaps, your Prescription could suggest a Daily Gratitude Exercise maybe in a Workbook OR Journal.  See list below of possible free resources.

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Resources for "Gratitude Prescriptions" - Exercises, Workbooks, Journals, Templates, Apps, etc.:

Gratitude Journal: 67 Templates, Ideas, and Apps for Your Diary

Free Online Gratitude Journal - Your Private Journal at Gratefulness.org

FREE printable gratitude journal - Pinterest

Gratitude journal - Wikipedia

5 Awesome iOS Apps for Starting & Keeping a Gratitude Journal

Gratitude Journal Guide: Tips, Templates, Ideas and Examples - Penzu

Gratitude Journal - UT Counseling and Mental Health Center

gratitude journal - Kaiser Permanente

References: 

The power of thankfulness: Why your doctor's next prescription could ...

Gratitude as Medicine - Greater Good Science Center - UC Berkeley

The Appreciation Prescription: Why You Need Multiple Daily Doses of ...

Gratitude is good medicine - UC Davis Health

A Prescription for Stress Reduction | Greater Good Magazine

Gratitude: A Prescription for Health - Shell Point Retirement Community

A prescription for gratitude | Health Beat | Spectrum Health

Laughter prescription - NCBI - NIH

The Daily Gratitude List | Psychology Today

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of a Web-based Gratitude ...

Examining the Pathways between Gratitude and Self ... - NCBI - NIH

Gratitude uniquely predicts lower depression in chronic illness ... - NCBI

Gratitude and Well Being - NCBI - NIH

A Gratitude Intervention in Improving Well-being and Coping in People ...

The proximal experience of gratitude - NCBI - NIH

A pilot randomized study of a gratitude journaling intervention on HRV ...

The effects of optimism and gratitude on adherence, functioning and ...

The Prayer Prescription - NCBI - NIH

 

Disclaimer - Article is for information only and is not medical advice.