बागवानी-जंगल में सैर से मिला रहा फायदा: मेंटल हेल्थ पर सबसे बड़े प्रयोग में साबित हुआ…दवाओं से बेहतर प्रकृति की शरण, इससे खुशियां बढ़ीं और चिंता घटी

Taking refuge in nature is proving to be effective for people struggling with mental health problems. This experiment was conducted on 8,000 people in England with the support of the government. These people were struggling with some kind of mental problems.

Instead of giving them any medicine for treatment, they were asked to go for a walk in nature, do community gardening, tree plantation and swimming in the forest pond.

This was the first experiment of its kind in the world to connect so many people together for better health. It was extremely successful. The level of happiness among the people associated with the project was found to be higher than the national average. The level of anxiety decreased rapidly.

According to the report, the average cost of this project was Rs 55,000 per person. This expenditure is very less compared to the huge amount spent on the treatment of mental health. Since 2020, seven such Green Advice pilot projects have been done.

Professor Ruth Garside of Exeter University, who wrote the report for this scheme, says, ‘We found that green social prescribing or green advice proved to be very helpful for people suffering from mental health problems. But this is just the beginning. Now a large number of people want to join this project.’

A person who benefited from the project said, after becoming a part of it, my happiness increased. My mind became peaceful. I feel that now the meaning of life has increased for me. This is nothing less than an achievement for me.

Another person who was a part of the project was suffering from mental depression. On its benefits, he said that connecting with nature is much better than taking medicine. Even counseling could not have given me such better results.

Dr. Marion Steiner says that people experience a wonderful joy when they connect with nature. If we have any mental or physical health problem, we get benefits if we go closer to nature.

The aim of the scheme is now to connect as many people as possible. This project can save a lot of money in health expenditure in England. Along with this, people can be saved from health related problems like diabetes, blood pressure and depression to a great extent.

This is how the victims of mental health problems changed