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In the UK, depressed youth can try a novel therapy: surfing lessons, with the hope that learning to hang ten will boost confidence and mood.

The National Health Service (NHS) has introduced a £10,000 pilot scheme, funded by Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust, that lets troubled young people take to the waves, The Telegraph reports.

A nonprofit organization called the Wave Project, led by volunteers   …  More

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