Therapeutic horticulture in clinical depression: A prospective study of active components

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2002-2013

  Gonzalez, Marianne Thorsen ^a   Hartig, Terry ^a,b   Patil, Grete Grindal ^a,c   Martinsen, Egil W ^c,d   Kirkevold, Marit ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical depression; Clinical practice; Nature based intervention; Nursing; Prospective study; Therapeutic horticulture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GARDENING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GARDENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955253461     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05383.x     Document Type: Article

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