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New handbook to help prescribe nature for mental health and wellbeing
Rootbound: Rewilding a Life
Woodland areas ‘are good for young people’s mental health’

The article from Microsoft News concerns a study published in the journal Nature Sustainability. It begins: “Living near wooded areas is good for the mental health of children and young people, a new study has found. Scientists have discovered kids…
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‘My doctor prescribed rambling for lockdown anxiety’
Nature ‘more important than ever during lockdown’

Reporting for the BBC , Helen Briggs writes: “About one in 10 households across Great Britain has no access to a private or shared garden. This rises to one in five households in London.” “Data has confirmed what many suspected: nature and green spaces…
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What accounts for ‘England’s green and pleasant land’? A panel data analysis of mental health and land cover types in rural England

This research paper has been published in Landscape and Urban Planning. Highlights: Rural land cover associations with mental health estimated from hybrid models.Intra-rural change to more natural space associated with mental health change.Land cover types differentially associated with mental health within individuals.Farmland,…
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The importance of the Natural Health Service
Residential green space in childhood is associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders from adolescence into adulthood

This research article has been co-authored by Kristine Engemann, Carsten Bøcker Pedersen, Lars Arge, Constantinos Tsirogiannis, Preben Bo Mortensen and Jens-Christian Svenning. As published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (PNAS), the abstract says: “Urban…
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