Green in Cities Gives Mental Health a Boost

Green in Cities Gives Mental Health a Boost
Access to nature can have a profound—and often overlooked—effect on our mental well being. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock
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A new framework for how city planners can measure the mental health benefits of nature could help incorporate those benefits into plans and policies for cities and their residents.

Almost 1 in 5 adults in the United States lives with a mental illness. That statistic is similar worldwide, with an estimated 450 million people currently dealing with a mental or neurological disorder. Of those, only about a third seek treatment.

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