Social Prescribing – What Is It and How Does it Align with Positive Psychology? PROFESSOR GENEVIEVE DINGLE THE UNIVERSITY OF QLD E: DINGLE@PSY.UQ.EDU.AU IPPA World Congress on Positive Psychology THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA Acknowledgement of Country On behalf of the University of Queensland I wish to acknowledge the Traditional Owners and their custodianship of the lands on which we meet. I pay my respect to their Ancestors and their descendants, who continue cultural and spiritual connections to Country. I recognise their valuable contributions to Australian and global societies. The Maroochy River catchment faces a landscape through time by Gooreng Gooreng and Kabi Kabi. Outline Links between loneliness and health Social group memberships support HWB Social prescribing How social prescribing processes align with principles of positive psychology Social connection is crucial to health and wellbeing In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as: "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Links between loneliness and health concerns EJournal of Cardiology (2020) 63 2328–2134 https://doi.org/10.1136/ejh.2020.0374 ARTICLE Loneliness and type 2 diabetes incidence: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Ruth A Hackett *, Joanna L Hudson *, Joseph Chilcot * Received: 29 Mar 2020 | Accepted: 19 July 2020 | Published online: 13 September 2020 © The Authors 2020 Loneliness and type 2 diabetes incidence: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing BMC Geriatrics RESEARCH Open Access Social isolation, social support and loneliness as predictors of cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality Cyberpsychol J Soc Netw Based Commun (2020) 43:3228–3238 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-020-04258-6 ARTICLE Loneliness and type 2 diabetes incidence: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Ruth Check for updates Frank-Paul et al.† BMC Geriatrics https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02605-2 Receive Dr The BMC Geriatrics RESEARCH Open Access Social isolation, social support and loneliness as predictors of cardiovascular disease incidenti Wang et al. BMC Psychiatry (2018) 18:158 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-1738-5 Rezayne Finnis-Paul D.1, Jasmine Ryan Christopher M. Knesl1,2,3, Robyn L.V Carlene Bai1,2 and Alice J.Dowen1 BMC Psychiatry RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Associations between loneliness and perceived social support and outcomes of mental health problems: a systematic review Jingli Wang1, Farhana Mami1, Brynmor Lloyd-Evans1, Rumin Ma1 and Sonia Johnson1,2 ARTICLE Loneliness and type 2 diabetes incidence: findings from the Longitudinal Study of Ageing RESEARCH Social isolation, social support and loneliness as predictors of cardiovascular disease incidence REVIEW Loneliness among people with substance use problems: A narrative systematic review ISABELLA INGRAM, PETER J. KELLY, FRANK P.