Why Our Brains Need the Outdoors

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4 ways that spending time in nature boosts well-being

Nature-based therapies, like wilderness therapy, might promote recovery from psychiatric disorders including depression and ADHD.

Time in greenspace likely improves wellbeing through mechanisms including physical exercise and community building.This May, I went backpacking for six days along the Middle Fork of the Gila River, a healthy verdant paradise in the desert, filled with ponderosa, sycamore, and cottonwood of all sizes, and red cliffs rising hundreds of feet up into the sky.

And research literature supports the beneficial effects of greenspace on psychological health, too. A recent COVID-era study in youth found that those with greater exposure to the outdoors reported greater

 

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