WELLBEING

Sir David Attenborough talks about the links between mental health and nature, and how you can make the most of the natural world.

A Stanford-led study finds quantifiable evidence that walking in nature could lead to a lower risk of depression.

Did you know that connecting with nature can be good for our mental health? May's Mental Health Awareness Week was designed to grow awareness of the role nature can play in preventing distress and creating good mental health for all > Find out more

This Science Spotlight video features Daniella Orihuela, MPH, Director of Educational Programs at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. Explore how nature can improve your overall health and well-being, simply by being in it. Learn what happens to your body when you are stressed and how nature can play an important role in decreasing it.

Back in the day, doctors would send patients with anxiety and depression into the mountains because the fresh air would do them good. Though they did not have the research to back it up, they knew that nature was good for our mental health. Today, there is good evidence for these claims and clinicians have developed different types of “nature therapy”, also known as ecotherapy, which harness the healing power of nature. Henry David Thoreau once said “We need the tonic of wildness...We can never have enough of nature.”

It’s not a huge surprise that nature is beneficial to our mental health. But why? Hosted by: Hank Green