Imagine using parks, gardens, and forests as actual medical tools to treat mental health. This work looks at how to move from just walking in a park to professional nature-based therapy. It creates a guidebook for cities and health providers to make these green treatments available to everyone, regardless of their income.
Mental health services are often inequitably distributed and lack scalable, low-cost alternatives. Current green spaces are often viewed as aesthetic rather than as functional medical tools for therapy.
A training program for nature-based therapy providers and a set of EU-wide and country-specific guidelines for integrating green care into health systems.
If you are a private mental health clinic dealing with high patient burnout and limited treatment options — this project developed a training program for providers that allows them to offer evidence-based nature-based therapy to increase patient recovery rates.
If you are a city landscaping firm dealing with a lack of clear health-based metrics for green spaces — this project developed guidelines for green infrastructure functionality that helps you design spaces specifically for mental health equity.
If you are a municipal health department dealing with unequal access to mental health care — this project developed country-specific schemes and partnership models to integrate nature-based health promotion into local government systems.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or cost structures are provided; the project focuses on creating the guidelines and training programs.
The project specifically aims to identify ways that nature-based therapy can be scaled-up through a multi-scalar approach and replicable partnership models.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of patents or licensing; the output consists of guidelines, schemes, and a training program.
The project designs cross-sectorial systems where national healthcare systems and local governments are the primary beneficiaries to increase the uptake of therapy.
The project is active from 2023-09-01 to 2027-08-31, meaning the final results and guidelines will be available by August 2027.
The consortium is heavily research-driven, consisting of 9 universities and 4 research institutions. However, it includes 2 industry partners and 3 SMEs, representing a 9% industry ratio. With 22 partners across 8 countries, the group provides a broad geographical base for testing the replicability of the health schemes.
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