Greenspace interventions for mental health in clinical and non-clinical populations
What works, for whom, and in what circumstances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15072203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wendy Masterton (0000-0001-8630-9604, University of Stirling, corresponding author), Hannah Carver (0000-0002-6846-2661, University of Stirling), Tessa Parkes (0000-0002-0409-3254, University of Stirling), Kirsty Park, Kirsty J Park (0000-0001-6080-7197, University of Stirling) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Pages | 102338 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health & Place (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-8292 • E-ISSN: 1873-2054 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2020.102338 |
| PMID | 32838901 |
| OpenAlex | W3020847976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 62 |
With growing strain on mental health services, greenspace interventions could be a promising addition to current health and social care provisions as they have the potential to be widely accessible for people within their own communities and used alongside a variety of treatment plans. Despite promising progress in greenspace research, the underlying mechanisms and processes of greenspace interventions are still unclear. Without knowing these it is impossible to understand why programmes work and how best to replicate them. To address this gap this review uses realist methodology to synthesise the international evidence for greenspace interventions for mental health in both clinical and non-clinical populations. Forty-nine full text articles are included in the review and the underlying contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes of the interventions identified and refined into an original overriding theory under three themes of Nature, Individual Self, and Social Self. The interaction of these three factors represents a new conceptual framework for greenspace interventions for mental health and shows what works, for whom, and in what circumstances. The findings of this review are not only theoretically novel but they also have practical relevance for those designing such interventions including the provision of recommendations on how to optimise, tailor and implement existing interventions
Conceptual framework · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Health, psychology, and well-being · Psychology · Urban Green Space and Health
Exploring the therapeutic benefits of a community garden and nature-based project designed for people experiencing homelessness
The motivations, interests and concerns of prospective peer leaders of nature-based mental health interventions
Examining the Influence of Housing Conditions and Daily Greenspace Exposure on People’s Perceived Covid-19 Risk and Distress
Local government interventions for improving the health and wellbeing of tenants in private rented housing
Exploring how greenspace programmes might be effective in supporting people with problem substance use
Designing Multifunctional Urban Green Spaces
Realist review of nature-based interventions for men
Healthy Patients, Workforce and Environment
Targeted health promotion with guided nature walks or group exercise
Growing sustainable therapeutic third spaces – a therapeutic sensory garden’s impact on university student self-reported quality of life and affect
Greenspace programs and recovery from substance use and mental health challenges
Examining the Relationship Between Greenspace and Substance Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Associations of park features with park use and park-based physical activity in an urban environment in Asia
Greenspace programmes for mental health
Nature experiences and their potential therapeutic benefits for psychiatric assisted-living residents recovering from substance abuse
Understanding the Nature-Wellbeing Relationship in Adults
Nature as a therapeutic place and tool for enhancing service users’ engagement in mental health services
How Do Awareness, Perceptions, and Expectations of an Urban Greenway Influence Residents’ Visits and Recreational Physical Activity? Evidence From the Connswater Community Greenway, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Social capital as a resource for mental well-being in older people
Rameses publication standards
Realist review - a new method of systematic review designed for complex policy interventions
Physical Activity Interventions for People With Mental Illness
Physical activity level and health-related quality of life in the general adult population
Rameses II reporting standards for realist evaluations
Exercise and well-being
The Role of Nature in Coping with Psycho-Physiological Stress
Nature and Health
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
A hypnosis framing of therapeutic horticulture for mental health rehabilitation
The association between social capital and mental health and behavioural problems in children and adolescents
Narratives of Natural Recovery
The Journey of Recovery and Empowerment Embraced by Nature — Clients’ Perspectives on Nature-Based Rehabilitation in Relation to the Role of the Natural Environment
Longer Nature-Based Rehabilitation May Contribute to a Faster Return to Work in Patients with Reactions to Severe Stress and/or Depression
Green Space and Stress
Engaging with and Shaping Nature
Moving to Serene Nature May Prevent Poor Mental Health—Results from a Swedish Longitudinal Cohort Study
Cultivating our humanity
What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A realist review
The impact of interventions to promote physical activity in urban green space
The effectiveness of wilderness therapy as mental health treatment for adolescents in Norway
Exploring salutogenic mechanisms of an outdoor experiential learning programme on youth care farms in the Netherlands
Digging for Nuggets
Care farms in the Netherlands
The social dimensions of therapeutic horticulture
Doing Something Positive’
Repression in Residential Youth Care
Client perspectives on wilderness therapy as a component of adolescent residential treatment for problematic substance use and mental health issues
Six steps in quality intervention development (6SQuID)
Unpacking the Black Box of Wilderness Therapy
Therapy the Natural Way
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |