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Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective
- Gregory N. Bratman1,2,3,4,*,
- Christopher B. Anderson3,5,
- Marc G. Berman6,7,
- Bobby Cochran8,
- Sjerp de Vries9,
- Jon Flanders10,11,
- Carl Folke12,13,14,
- Howard Frumkin15,16,
- James J. Gross17,
- Terry Hartig18,19,
- Peter H. Kahn Jr.1,20,
- Ming Kuo21,
- Joshua J. Lawler1,2,
- Phillip S. Levin1,2,22,
- Therese Lindahl14,
- Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg23,
- Richard Mitchell24,
- Zhiyun Ouyang25,
- Jenny Roe26,
- Lynn Scarlett27,
- Jeffrey R. Smith3,5,
- Matilda van den Bosch28,29,
- Benedict W. Wheeler30,
- Mathew P. White30,
- Hua Zheng25 and
- Gretchen C. Daily3,4,5,31,*
- 1School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
- 2Center for Creative Conservation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
- 3Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
- 4The Natural Capital Project, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
- 5Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
- 6Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
- 7Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology, and Human Behavior, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
- 8Willamette Partnership, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
- 9Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
- 10School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
- 11Bat Conservation International, Austin, TX 78746, USA.
- 12Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 13Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 14Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 15Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
- 16School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
- 17Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
- 18Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- 19Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- 20Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
- 21Landscape and Human Health Laboratory, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
- 22The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, WA 98121, USA.
- 23Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
- 24Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
- 25State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- 26Center for Design and Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
- 27The Nature Conservancy, Fairfax, VA 22203, USA.
- 28School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- 29Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- 30College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
- 31Stanford Woods Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: bratman{at}uw.edu (G.N.B.); gdaily{at}stanford.edu (G.C.D.)
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Science Advances 24 Jul 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 7, eaax0903
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0903
Vol. 5, no. 7, eaax0903
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0903
Gregory N. Bratman
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Center for Creative Conservation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
The Natural Capital Project, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Christopher B. Anderson
Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Marc G. Berman
Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Grossman Institute for Neuroscience, Quantitative Biology, and Human Behavior, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Bobby Cochran
Willamette Partnership, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Sjerp de Vries
Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Jon Flanders
School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Bat Conservation International, Austin, TX 78746, USA.
Carl Folke
Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Howard Frumkin
Wellcome Trust, London, UK.
School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
James J. Gross
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Terry Hartig
Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Peter H. Kahn Jr.
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Ming Kuo
Landscape and Human Health Laboratory, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Joshua J. Lawler
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Center for Creative Conservation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Phillip S. Levin
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Center for Creative Conservation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, WA 98121, USA.
Therese Lindahl
Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
Richard Mitchell
Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Zhiyun Ouyang
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jenny Roe
Center for Design and Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
Lynn Scarlett
The Nature Conservancy, Fairfax, VA 22203, USA.
Jeffrey R. Smith
Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Matilda van den Bosch
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Benedict W. Wheeler
College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
Mathew P. White
College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
Hua Zheng
State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Gretchen C. Daily
Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
The Natural Capital Project, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Stanford Woods Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
