Green Therapy

The Association for Natural Psychology has reported that time spent outdoors may help relieve symptoms of what the psychiatrists label as depression and ADHD, Obsessive–compulsive disorder, Bipolar Disorder and some other disorders. Regular exercise and outdoor activities, or unstructured "green time," have also been found to help children with labeled with ADHD and depression. It has been found that children labeled with ADHD who schedule regular time for outdoor activites such as walking in the park or hiking, exhibit less of the symptoms associated with ADHD. And a recent study found that more than 70% of adults who took time for this type of "green therapy" felt less depressed than those who did not. Up to 90 per cent of people have reported increased self-esteem after a country walk. And people who spent an equal amount of time at a shopping mall felt more tense and depressed afterwards.