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Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health
The design of hospital environments with an increased focus on incorporating nature and natural features has been reported to have multiple health and well-being benefits. This paper reports on three Australian case studies that each investigated the relationship between green spaces and people’s me...
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093957 |
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author | Henderson-Wilson, Claire Weerasuriya, Rona |
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description | The design of hospital environments with an increased focus on incorporating nature and natural features has been reported to have multiple health and well-being benefits. This paper reports on three Australian case studies that each investigated the relationship between green spaces and people’s mental health. The results suggest that gardens or other green spaces should be included within plans for future healthcare design. While we acknowledge that there are a range of considerations in the allocation of healthcare resources and programmes for maximum benefit, we believe that those programmes which highlight the beneficial outcomes for people with mental illness of ‘feeling blue and touching green’ are worth implementing. |
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spelling | pubmed-56630202017-11-02 Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health Henderson-Wilson, Claire Weerasuriya, Rona BJPsych Int Thematic Paper The design of hospital environments with an increased focus on incorporating nature and natural features has been reported to have multiple health and well-being benefits. This paper reports on three Australian case studies that each investigated the relationship between green spaces and people’s mental health. The results suggest that gardens or other green spaces should be included within plans for future healthcare design. While we acknowledge that there are a range of considerations in the allocation of healthcare resources and programmes for maximum benefit, we believe that those programmes which highlight the beneficial outcomes for people with mental illness of ‘feeling blue and touching green’ are worth implementing. The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5663020/ /pubmed/29093957 Text en © 2017 The Royal College of Psychiatrists http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Thematic Paper Henderson-Wilson, Claire Weerasuriya, Rona Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health |
title | Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health |
title_full | Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health |
title_fullStr | Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health |
title_full_unstemmed | Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health |
title_short | Feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health |
title_sort | feel blue, touch green: examples of green spaces promoting mental health |
topic | Thematic Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29093957 |
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