In the UK, a NHS pilot in Gloucestershire will allow some GPs to prescribe tickets to local professional football games to help patients with mild to moderate depression.
It is called social prescribing and Professor Devi Sridhar, the Chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, joined Ali Moore to explain why this treatment method could benefit both the health system and patients.
Press play to hear the full conversation on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne Drive.