ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Impact of Therapeutic Community Gardening on the Wellbeing, Loneliness, and Life Satisfaction of Individuals with Mental Illness.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Systematic literature review of economic studies on nature-based social prescribing for health improvement.BMC primary care · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of gardening activities on domains of health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Community gardening as a conduit for bolstering wellbeing, employment, education and volunteering in vulnerable communities: a feasibility study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The concept of the digital therapeutic garden and its psychological effects.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Unexpected effects of urban food activism on community and human wellbeing.Local environment · 2024Article
- A qualitative study of the barriers to commissioning social and therapeutic horticulture in mental health care.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Applying Ethics to Mental Health and Climate Change.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of social and therapeutic horticulture for reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Contribution of Local Green Space and Nature Connection to Mental Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundliterature on the mental health benefits of therapeutic community gardening is not specific to individuals with mental illness and reports short-term outcomes. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on intervention effectiveness is also unknown. This study examined the impact of therapeutic community gardening prior to and across the pandemic on the wellbeing of individuals referred for support with their mental illness.
methodsgarden members (
resultsthere was significant quadratic growth in wellbeing (-1.248;
conclusiontherapeutic community gardening can improve and maintain the wellbeing of individuals with mental illness, even when wellbeing is deteriorating nationally. Future research should further demonstrate the long-term and cost-effectiveness of interventions.
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