Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective

Gregory N. Bratman; Christopher B. Anderson; Marc G. Berman; Bobby Cochran; Sjerp De Vries; Jon Flanders; Carl Folke; Howard Frumkin; James J. Gross; Terry Hartig; Peter H. Kahn; Ming Kuo; Joshua J. Lawler; Phillip S. Levin; Therese Lindahl; Andreas Meyer-lindenberg; Richard Mitchell; Zhiyun Ouyang; Jenny Roe; Lynn Scarlett; Jeffrey R. Smith; Matilda Van Den Bosch; Benedict W. Wheeler; Mathew P. White; Hua Zheng; Gretchen C. Daily

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Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective

Gregory N. Bratman^*, Christopher B. Anderson, Marc G. Berman, Bobby Cochran, Sjerp De Vries, Jon Flanders, Carl Folke, Howard Frumkin, James J. Gross, Terry Hartig, Peter H. Kahn, Ming Kuo, Joshua J. Lawler, Phillip S. Levin, Therese Lindahl, Andreas Meyer-lindenberg, Richard Mitchell, Zhiyun Ouyang, Jenny Roe, Lynn ScarlettJeffrey R. Smith, Matilda Van Den Bosch, Benedict W. Wheeler, Mathew P. White, Hua Zheng, Gretchen C. Daily

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A growing body of empirical evidence is revealing the value of nature experience for mental health. With rapid urbanization and declines in human contact with nature globally, crucial decisions must be made about how to preserve and enhance opportunities for nature experience. Here, we first provide points of consensus across the natural, social, and health sciences on the impacts of nature experience on cognitive functioning, emotional well-being, and other dimensions of mental health. We then show how ecosystem service assessments can be expanded to include mental health, and provide a heuristic, conceptual model for doing so.

Original language	English
Article number	eaax0903
Number of pages	15
Journal	Science Advances
Volume	5
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0903
Publication status	Published - 3 Jul 2019

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Bratman, G. N., Anderson, C. B., Berman, M. G., Cochran, B., De Vries, S., Flanders, J., Folke, C., Frumkin, H., Gross, J. J., Hartig, T., Kahn, P. H., Kuo, M., Lawler, J. J., Levin, P. S., Lindahl, T., Meyer-lindenberg, A., Mitchell, R., Ouyang, Z., Roe, J., ... Daily, G. C. (2019). Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective. Science Advances, 5(7), Article eaax0903. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0903

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