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Harvard Medical School – Sour mood getting you down? Get back to nature

• “Research suggests that mood disorders can be lifted by spending more time outdoors.”
• See the following link. https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/sour-mood-getting-you-down-get-back-to-nature

Benefits Of Ecotherapy: Being In Nature Fights Depression, Improves Mental Health And Well-Being

• “A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Essex and published by the mental health organization Mind found that taking a walk in nature reduced depression scores in 71 percent of participants.”
• Please see the following link. https://www.medicaldaily.com/benefits-ecotherapy-being-nature-fights-depression-improves-mental-health-and-well-being-261075

University of California, Berkeley – How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier, and More Creative

• “Results showed that those who walked in forests had significantly lower heart rates and higher heart rate variability (indicating more relaxation and less stress), and reported better moods and less anxiety, than those who walked in urban settings.”
• Please see the following link. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_nature_makes_you_kinder_happier_more_creative

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)- The great outdoors? Exploring the mental health benefits of natural environments

• “Proximity to greenspace has been associated with lower levels of stress (Thompson et al., 2012) and reduced symptomology for depression and anxiety (Beyer et al., 2014), while interacting with nature can improve cognition for children with attention deficits (Taylor and Kuo, 2009) and individuals with depression (Berman et al., 2012). A recent epidemiological study has shown that people who move to greener urban areas benefit from sustained improvements in their mental health “
• Please see the following link. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204431/

Forbes Magazine – The Science Behind How Nature Affects Your Health

• “A 2006 American Scientist study on perceptual pleasure and the brain chronicles how viewing stimulating, dynamic natural scenes triggers an increase in interactions of the mu (opioid) receptors in the brain’s visual cortex—making viewing nature a physically pleasurable experience compared to looking at a blank wall or concrete-covered street”
• Please see the following link. https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrist/2017/06/15/the-science-behind-how-nature-affects-your-health/?sh=7926fdda15ae