Study Suggests Horticulture Therapy Could Help Fight Depression
Study Suggests Horticulture Therapy Could Help Fight Depression
Study Suggests , Horticulture Therapy , Could Help Fight Depression.
PsyPost reports that a study suggests that horticulture therapy may be effective at reducing depression symptoms in older adults.
PsyPost reports that a study suggests that horticulture therapy may be effective at reducing depression symptoms in older adults.
The study was published in the journal 'Frontiers in Public Health.'.
Horticulture therapy is an approach that focuses on plants, gardens and gardening activities to improve an individual's physical, mental or emotional well-being.
According to a systematic review of available research, the greatest benefits were found for individuals in care-providing settings who participated in the therapy for 4 to 8 weeks.
PsyPost reports that while pharmacological interventions have long been the primary method of treatment for depression, side-effects have driven a search for alternatives.
PsyPost reports that while pharmacological interventions have long been the primary method of treatment for depression, side-effects have driven a search for alternatives.
According to the team's research, studies that produced the greatest effects were those with participants that took part in the process of planting.
In terms of the environment settings, care-providing settings were demonstrated to produce higher therapeutic effects, Study authors, via PsyPost.
Participatory activities [where study participants participate in planting or gardening activities] produced greater outcomes than observational activities [in which participants just walked through gardens], Study authors, via PsyPost.
Participatory activities [where study participants participate in planting or gardening activities] produced greater outcomes than observational activities [in which participants just walked through gardens], Study authors, via PsyPost.
In terms of the duration of the interventions, a course of 4–8 weeks of horticultural therapy had better outcomes, Study authors, via PsyPost.
PsyPost reports that the study addresses the growing scientific knowledge of how horticulture therapy can help to combat the symptoms of depression.
