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Connecting to nature is good for kids – but they may need help coping with a planet in peril
As an environmental psychologist who works to improve young people’s access to nature, I recently completed a review that brings
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Nurture trumps nature in determining severity of PTSD symptoms
Researchers at Yale and elsewhere previously identified a host of genetic risk factors that help explain why some veterans are
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Feeling stressed? Take a ‘nature pill,’ says researcher
Landscape architect and ecologist MaryCarol Hunter is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
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Ecotherapy aims to tap into nature to improve your wellbeing
As many as one in six adults experience mental health problems like depression or anxiety every week. And not only
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