Mental Health Resources

Check out these great studies and resources referenced in our Mental Health Episode!

• URBAN VS NATURE STUDIES
  • Levels of Nature and Stress Response; Alan Ewert and Yun Chang
  • Nature Experience Reduces Rumination and Subgenual Prefrontal Cortex Activation; Gregory N. Bratman, J. Paul Hamilton, Kevin S. Hahn, Gretchen C. Daily, and James J. Gross
  • The Benefits of Nature Experience: Improved Affect and Cognition; Gregory N. Bratman, Gretchen C. Daily , Benjamin J. Levy, James J. Gross 
• NATURE & EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
  • Why is Exposure to Nature Important in Early Childhood?; Kristen Poppell and Martha C. Monroe
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• NATURE AS A SENSORY EXPERIENCE
  • A Review of the Benefits of Nature Experiences: More Than Meets the Eye; Lara S. Franco, Danielle F. Shanahan, and Richard A. Fuller
  • A Synthesis of Health Benefits of Natural Sounds & Their Distribution in National Parks; Rachel T. Buxton, Amber L. Pearson, Claudia Allou, Kurt Fristrup,  and George Wittemyer 
  • Research Finds Nature Sounds 'Benefit Mental Health'; BBC 
  • (Podcast) Move Your DNA Episode #115: Ancestral Actions with Arthur Haines. Tune in at 00:26:50 to hear him speak on the benefits of sunshine. Transcripts available. 
  • Of Cricket Chirps and Car Horns: The Effect of Nature Sounds on Cognitive Performance; Stephen C. Van Hedger, Howard C. Nusbaum, Luke Clohisy, Susanne M. Jaeggi, Martin Buschkuehl & Marc G. Berman 
  • Forest Bathing
    • The Physiological Effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing): evidence from field experiments in 24 forests across Japan; Bum Jin Park, Yuko Tsunetsugu, Tamami Kasetani, Takahide Kagawa, Yoshifumi Miyazaki
• MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF HIKING/BACKPACKING AND TIME SPENT IN NATURE
  
  • How Simply Moving Benefits Your Mental Health; Srini Pillay, M.D. 
  • Spending at Least 120 Minutes a Week in Nature is Associated with Good Health and Wellbeing: Mathew P. White, Ian Alcock, James Grellier, Benedict W. Wheeler, Terry Hartig, Sara L. Warber, Angie Bone, Michael H. Depledge & Lora E. Fleming  
  • The Relationship Between Nature Connectedness and Eudaimonic Well-Being: A Meta-analysis; Alison Pritchard, Miles Richardson, David Sheffield & Kirsten McEwan 
  • The Value of Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare for Adolescent Substance Users with Comorbid Conditions; Michael Gass, Thomas Wilson, Brett Talbot, Anita Tucker, Melissa Ugianskis, and Nicholas Brennan
  • Creativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings;
    Ruth Ann Atchley, David L. Strayer , & Paul Atchley
  • Hiking: A Low-Cost, Accessible Intervention to Promote Health Benefits;
    Denise Mitten, Jillisa R. Overholt, Francis I. Haynes, Chiara C. D’Amore, and Janet C. Ady
  • Physical Exercise Through Mountain Hiking in High-Risk Suicide Patients. A Randomized Crossover Trial; J. Sturm, M. Plöderl, C. Fartacek, K. Kralovec, D. Neunhäuserer, D. Niederseer, W. Hitzl, J. Niebauer, G. Schiepek, R. Fartacek
• PROGRAMS
  
  • Wilderness Therapy
  • Ecotherapy
    • Nature Therapy Online
  • Nature/Forest School
    • (Podcast) Move Your DNA Episode #23-Nature School
  • Hike for Mental Health
• ACCESSIBILITY
  
  • (Podcast) Everyday Neuro Episode 18: Nature and the Brain: How Our Living Environment Can Enhance Mental & Physical Health
  • Diversity/POC
    • Beth Collier's Website
    • Beth Collier as a guest on (podcast) Discovery-The Evidence: The nature of Mental Health
    • Beth Collier as a guest on (podcast) Over the Bridge S3 E3- Reconnecting with Nature with Beth Collier from Wild in the City
    • Melanin Base Camp
    • Resources for Education & Inclusivity in the Outdoor Industry (The Trek) 
• PODCASTS
  
  • Discovery-The Evidence: The nature of Mental Health
  • Higher Practice: Episode 116- Nature Deficit Disorder Balance; Keith Kurlander & Dr. Will Van Derveer