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Kyrie Farm: An ecological approach to mental health

Author: Editorial 20th October 2023 0 Comments

This podcast has been published by Mad in Ireland, who say: “We are delighted to present this first ‘Fields of Healing Podcast’, literally from a field, with the potential to bring healing to many who otherwise may not have the opportunity….
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audio, Ciara Glynn, ecological paradigm, ecology, Eoin Galavan, Gould farm, Ireland, John McKeon, Kyrie Farm, podcast

Species richness is positively related to mental health – A study for Germany

Author: Editorial 22nd April 2021 0 Comments

This research paper – by Joel Methorsta, Aletta Bonn, Melissa Marselle, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, and Katrin Rehdanz – has been published in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning. “Highlights National epidemiological study on relationship between biodiversity and human health.Plant and bird species richness…
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Aletta Bonn, biodiversity, birds, ecology, Ecosystem services, Joel Methorsta, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Katrin Rehdanz, Landscape and Urban Planning, Melissa Marselle, natural world, nature, plants, Research, salutogenic

New Vision for Mental Health – an Ecological Paradigm

Author: Editorial 4th November 2020 0 Comments

Writing as the editor of this website, I have recently had an article – New Vision for Mental Health: an Ecological Paradigm – published in the journal Self & Society. The article describes the New Vision for Mental Health project and…
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a coherent system

ecological paradigm, ecological paradigm for mental health, ecology, New Approaches, Richard Oldfield, Self & Society

Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective

Author: Editorial 15th July 2020 0 Comments

“We provide consensus on the benefits of nature experience for mental health, and a model for integrating them into urban design.” This research article has been published in Science Advances. The abstract says: “A growing body of empirical evidence is revealing the…
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ecology, ecosystems, nature, Science Advances, urban design

Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations

Author: Editorial 15th January 2020 0 Comments

“… scientific knowledge of the significance of nature during the different stages of childhood is sparse.” Edited by Peter Kahn and Stephen Kellert, this book emphasises the importance of animals, especially those with which a child can develop a nurturing relationship,…
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autism, books, children, developmental psychology, ecology, evolutionary psychology, natural world, Peter Kahn, Stephen Kellert, wellbeing

‘If the land is sick, you are sick’: An Aboriginal approach to mental health in times of drought

Author: Editorial 15th July 2019 0 Comments

This article in Mosaic has been written by Georgina Kenyon: “A coal truck roars past, stirring up red dust that blows over the famished cattle and sheep lying in grassless paddocks. The carcasses of dead kangaroos lie next to empty water troughs. There is…
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aboriginal, Australia, Culture & Society, ecology, Georgina Kenyon, Mosaic, narrative, psychology, resilience, ritual, solastalgia, yarning

New Vision for Mental Health: An Ecological Paradigm

Author: Editorial 8th July 2019 0 Comments

The vision that inspires this website (and associated wider project) has evolved and extended. We propose an ecological paradigm, as set out in a pdf file that you can view and/or save from here . It has the following Table of…
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ecological paradigm, ecology, New Approaches, New Vision for Mental Health

New Vision for Mental Health: An Ecological Paradigm

Author: Editorial 7th March 2019 0 Comments

We have created a slide-show called New Vision for Mental Health: An Ecological Paradigm. This formed part of our keynote presentation (December 2018) at a conference in London of the European Society for Person Centered Healthcare. You can view the slides (without the accompanying notes) from…
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a wellbeing society, Key posts

award, ecological paradigm, ecology, European Society for Person Centered Healthcare, presentation, Ray van der Poel, Richard Oldfield

Cities as Ecosystems of Well-being

Author: Editorial 17th August 2018 0 Comments

From the Institute for the Future (and with relevance to the creation of a wellbeing society in which emotional and mental good health is fostered): “In 2011, the Health Horizons team’s research focused on ecosystems of well-being. We’ve come to understand that it is…
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city greening, ecology, ecosystems, Institute of the Future, prevention, urban design, wellbeing

To See An Atom: Psychosis and Ecology

Author: Editorial 1st January 2018 0 Comments

By Steven Morgan, as published on Mad in America : “I left the American South with a Jesus on my shoulder. My new world, a leftist college out West, did not take so kindly. Beliefs that earned me friends and community at home…
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Culture & Society, ecology, Gaia, psychedelic drugs, psychiatry, psychosis, religion, Steven Morgan, transliminal

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