ReviewFrontiers in public health2020
"Recovering With Nature": A Review of Ecotherapy and Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impacts of psychological wellbeing with HIV/AIDS and cancer among sexual and gender minorities: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Nature's Role in Outdoor Therapies: An Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of a Rice-Farming Simulation Video Game on Nature Relatedness, Nutritional Status, and Psychological State in Urban-Dwelling Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Household-level surrounding greenspace as a nature-based intervention for health recovery after occupational injury.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Are our cities falling behind? A German perspective on the supply for year-round green exercise.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Mental health preparedness and response to epidemics focusing on COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in Iran.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Mental health and psychosocial interventions in the context of climate change: a scoping review.Npj mental health research · 2024Article
- Move to Flow: The Benefits and Barriers of a Physical Activity Nature-Based Pilot Programme.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- How the COVID-19 pandemic changed patterns of green infrastructure use: A scoping review.Urban forestry & urban greening · 2023Article
- Effects of a Multicomponent Programme for Improving Physical and Psychological Health in Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Study Protocol for a Randomised Control Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Reconceptualizing Women's Wellbeing During the Pandemic: Sport, Fitness and More-Than-Human Connection.Journal of sport and social issues · 2023Article
- Exercise-based rehabilitation in and with nature: a scoping review mapping available interventions.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Nature's contributions in coping with a pandemic in the 21st century: A narrative review of evidence during COVID-19.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Hardships & Resilience: Families in a Pandemic.Family journal (Alexandria, Va.) · 2022Article
- Student and Nature Interactions and Their Impact on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Health educationFrontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Social prescribing of nature therapy for adults with mental illness living in the community: A scoping review of peer-reviewed international evidence.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Pet Keeping in the Time of COVID-19: The Canine and Feline Companions of Young Children.Early childhood education journal · 2021Review
- Indoor and outdoor noise changes due to the COVID-19 lockdown and their effects on individuals' expectations and preferences.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Way We Access and Interact with the Countryside and the Animals within It?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2023-01-04Compromised Peer Review ·
- Retracted
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Connection with nature has been considered beneficial for psychological well-being since times of evolution. Differences in Indian and Western thoughts have viewed natural elements in different lights, varying between eco-centrism to anthropocentrism. The intrusion of technology and digitalized lives as a result of globalization has decreased connectedness with nature. Ecotherapy is a novel form of psychotherapeutic technique based on explicit environmental or ecological interventions. Social and therapeutic horticulture, animal-assisted interventions, care farming, green exercise, environmental conservation and wilderness therapy are some of the ecosystem-based approaches used in mental health. Based on the principles of positive and client-centered psychology, ecotherapy-related techniques have been shown to be effective in medical disorders like hypertension, obesity, post-surgical recovery and psychosocial conditions like depression, stress reduction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), attention deficit hyperkinetic disorder (ADHD) and adjustment disorders. The principles of ecotherapy have been integrated into other psychotherapeutic techniques for better efficacy. This review attempts provides an overview of techniques, applications and challenges related to ecotherapy in psychology. The implications of its use during the ongoing Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, social isolation and consequent psychosocial aftermath are also discussed.
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