– A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder shows that people who were exposed to more green space during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had significantly less depression and anxiety than those who didn’t. The study was published in theThe study also shows that during that time when mental health problems soared in part because of financial woes, supply shortages and nonstop news coverage of the virus, people flocked outdoors.
“This research shows how critical it is to keep parks and green spaces open in times of crisis,” said senior author Colleen Reid, an assistant professor of geography in the Institute for Behavioral Science in a statement. “It also shows that, as a public health measure, more effort should be made to put in green spaces and make them accessible.
The study also found that people diagnosed with COVID-19 didn’t have a higher level of poor mental health, those who lost income were more likely to be stressed or depressed. The strongest source of mental health problems was a fear of supply shortages including toilet paper and food. People who spent more time online looking at new also reported poorer mental health.“It’s not just about being able to see trees from your home.
Shocking
DUH
ground shaking reporting here
Study finds researchers recieve grant money to verify common sense
Did they really need to have a study for this!? Duh
Ahh duuuuhhhhhh!
No way?
People “exposed to outdoors” at anytime most likely have less depression. That is why paving over nature and forcing people to live in dense, crowded cities is a bad idea.
You mean people who didn’t listen? Lol people like me.
Amazing. Fortunately I live in an area where almost nobody took the stay indoors/wear a mask while you exercise outside goofiness seriously, but the fact those were even ideas that gained popular traction and questioning them invited scorn has forever tarnished my trust in PH.
Remember when three pandemic started and people would be on threads like this complaining about cars in trailhead parking lots? Saying it they get lost no one should go look for them.
Suspect that’s as a government study costing thousands of dollars and few students got their PhDs
Wow! You mean sitting on your couch, watching Netflix and ordering Uber Eats was harmful? Who knew!? Have these “researchers” informed the mental health community about this? Groundbreaking! Let the gaslighting continue….
So you mean getting off the couch and doing things is better for your health? Crazy, good thing the state taped off the playgrounds and gyms were closed
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