People living within a 10-minute walk of improved urban woodlands are 10% less likely to use antidepressants and 6% less likely to use anti-anxiety medication, according to a 5-year UK study of 129,33

beep@piefed.world · 1 month ago

People living within a 10-minute walk of improved urban woodlands are 10% less likely to use antidepressants and 6% less likely to use anti-anxiety medication, according to a 5-year UK study of 129,33

bedwyr@piefed.ca · 1 month ago

This is classic correlation rather than causation, although it might be a smaller factor, people living near parks and woodlands will tend to be in nicer neighborhoods, have better jobs and income, and so forth.

I would strongly presume anyway.

mjr@infosec.pub · 1 month ago

Dodgy presumption because they’ve tried to distinguish neighbourhood effects from the woodland effect and there was a project to make new woodland in less desirable areas.

People living within a 10-minute walk of improved urban woodlands are 10% less likely to use antidepressants and 6% less likely to use anti-anxiety medication, according to a 5-year UK study of 129,33

People living within a 10-minute walk of improved urban woodlands are 10% less likely to use antidepressants and 6% less likely to use anti-anxiety medication, according to a 5-year UK study of 129,33

Woodlands linked to reduced antidepressant use | News | The University of Edinburgh