Nature based solution for improving mental health and well-being in urban areas

Environmental Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2017, Pages 385-392

  Vujcic, Maja ^a   Tomicevic Dubljevic, Jelena ^a   Grbic, Mihailo ^a   Lecic Tosevski, Dusica ^b   Vukovic, Olivera ^b   Toskovic, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Botanical garden; City of Belgrade; Mental health and well being; Nature based therapy; Psychiatric patients; Serbia

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; GARDEN; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABILITY; WELFARE REFORM;

ANXIETY; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; HORTICULTURE THERAPY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SERBIA; STRESS; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BELGRADE; SERBIA;

CITIES; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; SERBIA;

EID: 85021729083     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.06.030     Document Type: Article

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