{"id":757,"date":"2024-09-28T14:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T14:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/?page_id=757"},"modified":"2024-11-12T12:46:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T17:46:07","slug":"mental-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/research\/mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-mental-health\">Mental Health<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/04\/ComfortA-e1397482908304.jpg\" alt=\"Adults exercising outside, in an open plaza. \" class=\"wp-image-1309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/04\/ComfortA-e1397482908304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/04\/ComfortA-e1397482908304-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/04\/ComfortA-e1397482908304-768x397.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of studies have demonstrated how direct contact with vegetation or nature leads to increased mental health and psychological development. Recent data show that depression and other mental-health disorders will account for some of the world\u2019s largest health problems in upcoming decades. People do not have to actively use nature to benefit from it; rather, visual exposure is enough. It is important to consider that different groups of people have differing views of what constitutes nature in the built environment, with variation by education level, age, ethnicity, profession, residential location, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-health-and-places-initiative-hapi-materials\"><strong>Health and Places Initiative (HAPI) Materials<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/10\/HAPI-ResearchBrief-Mental-Health-102814-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Health, Health, and Place<\/a>&nbsp;[PDF]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-external-resources\"><strong>External Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/research\/research-briefs\/research-brief-resources\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">View External Resources on Mental Health<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/11\/New-york-park.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1896\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/11\/New-york-park.jpg\" alt=\"Greenspace near water, where families, couples and individuals enjoy a variety of recreational activities. \" class=\"wp-image-1896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/New-york-park.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/New-york-park-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/New-york-park-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/11\/6384522835_8b0701d26a_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1897\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2014\/11\/6384522835_8b0701d26a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Garden and greenspace outside large city. \" class=\"wp-image-1897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/6384522835_8b0701d26a_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/6384522835_8b0701d26a_b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2014\/11\/6384522835_8b0701d26a_b-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1324\" data-id=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"People walk along a path by a river.\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-1536x795.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2017\/09\/6528166357_7a0937e043_o-e1507995295174-2048x1060.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental Health A number of studies have demonstrated how direct contact with vegetation or nature leads to increased mental health and psychological development. 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