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The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review
(1) Background: Research has shown that patients with mental health diagnoses experience less anxiety and depressive symptoms and higher levels of ‘well-being’ when they spend time in natural environments as part of their treatment. It has been suggested that there is a relationship between the outd...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032240 |
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author | Hjort, Mikkel Mau, Martin Høj, Michaela Roessler, Kirsten K. |
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description | (1) Background: Research has shown that patients with mental health diagnoses experience less anxiety and depressive symptoms and higher levels of ‘well-being’ when they spend time in natural environments as part of their treatment. It has been suggested that there is a relationship between the outdoor settings and the recovery of psychiatric patients. Recovery describes an individual process, which can vary from person to person. (2) Methods: This scoping review examined the relationship between the physical environment and the recovery of psychiatric patients. Systematic searches in three online databases, namely Medline, Embase, and PsycINFO, were performed using a selection of psychiatric, environmental, and recovery terms and included both quantitative and qualitative studies. In general, ‘well-being’ serves as an overarching indicator when it comes to research on how outdoor settings can affect mental health. Well-being was expressed in terms of mood, social relations, and autonomy. (3) Results: A total of 8138 records were screened, 85 studies were included for full-text reading, and five articles were included in the final analysis. The review showed in general that outdoor settings, more specifically gardening, contact with nature, and a safe environment can be related to the well-being of patients on psychiatric wards. (4) Conclusions: The five reviews allow us to conclude that outdoor settings can be seen as a comprehensive resource for mental health. |
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spelling | pubmed-99154372023-02-11 The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review Hjort, Mikkel Mau, Martin Høj, Michaela Roessler, Kirsten K. Int J Environ Res Public Health Review (1) Background: Research has shown that patients with mental health diagnoses experience less anxiety and depressive symptoms and higher levels of ‘well-being’ when they spend time in natural environments as part of their treatment. It has been suggested that there is a relationship between the outdoor settings and the recovery of psychiatric patients. Recovery describes an individual process, which can vary from person to person. (2) Methods: This scoping review examined the relationship between the physical environment and the recovery of psychiatric patients. Systematic searches in three online databases, namely Medline, Embase, and PsycINFO, were performed using a selection of psychiatric, environmental, and recovery terms and included both quantitative and qualitative studies. In general, ‘well-being’ serves as an overarching indicator when it comes to research on how outdoor settings can affect mental health. Well-being was expressed in terms of mood, social relations, and autonomy. (3) Results: A total of 8138 records were screened, 85 studies were included for full-text reading, and five articles were included in the final analysis. The review showed in general that outdoor settings, more specifically gardening, contact with nature, and a safe environment can be related to the well-being of patients on psychiatric wards. (4) Conclusions: The five reviews allow us to conclude that outdoor settings can be seen as a comprehensive resource for mental health. MDPI 2023-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9915437/ /pubmed/36767605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032240 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Hjort, Mikkel Mau, Martin Høj, Michaela Roessler, Kirsten K. The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review |
title | The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review |
title_full | The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review |
title_fullStr | The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review |
title_full_unstemmed | The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review |
title_short | The Importance of the Outdoor Environment for the Recovery of Psychiatric Patients: A Scoping Review |
title_sort | importance of the outdoor environment for the recovery of psychiatric patients: a scoping review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9915437/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36767605 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032240 |
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