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| Title |
Ecotherapy – A Forgotten Ecosystem Service: A Review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01389 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
James K. Summers, Deborah N. Vivian |
| Abstract |
Natural ecosystems provide important services upon which humans depend. Unfortunately, some people tend to believe that these services are provided by nature for free; therefore, the services have little or no value. One nearly forgotten ecosystem service is ecotherapy - the ability of interaction with nature to enhance healing and growth. While we do not pay for this service, its loss can result in a cost to humans resulting in slower recovery times, greater distress and reduced well-being. Losses in these images of nature can diminish our basic happiness. Little is understood or, at least, appreciated concerning the potential ecotherapy benefits of the natural environment and its ecosystem services. The complex and interactive relationship of ecosystems, their services and human well-being is poorly acknowledged in the broad social, philosophical, psychological and economic well-being literature. In this article, we examine the role of nature and its ecosystem services in ecotherapy and its associated enhancement of recovery from physical and mental illness through a review of studies evaluating this ecosystem service-recovery connection. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 19% |
| United States | 3 | 19% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 6% |
| India | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| Colombia | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 81% |
| Scientists | 3 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 297 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 297 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 47 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 11% |
| Researcher | 23 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 41 | 14% |
| Unknown | 102 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 44 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 33 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 62 | 21% |
| Unknown | 106 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 154. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 February 2024.
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