Going Beyond: An Adventure- and Recreation-Based Group Intervention Promotes Well-Being and Weight Loss in Schizophrenia

Voruganti, L. N. P.; Whatham, Jeff; Bard, Eleanor; Parker, Gayle R.; Babbey, Candice; Ryan, Janet; Lee, Suganya; MacCrimmon, Duncan J.

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“…Adventure- and recreation-based group interventions have been useful in promoting well-being and weight loss in schizophrenia (Voruganti et al, 2006). A 2-week wilderness camp enhanced 10 community-level coping skills related to community survival of chronic mentally ill patients (Banaka and Young, 1985).…”

Section: Physical and Mental Health Disordersmentioning

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Ecotherapy – A Forgotten Ecosystem Service: A Review

Summers

Vivian

2018

Front. Psychol.

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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.

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Section: Physical and Mental Health Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecotherapy – A Forgotten Ecosystem Service: A Review

Summers

Vivian

2018

Front. Psychol.

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“…However, in all these yogastudies a brief supervised period was followed by a longer unsupervised study period (with lack of adherence data) making it difficult to compare similar physical activity volumes. With increased interest in other types of physical activity, such as Qigong, Tai Chi [48], and outside adventure activities (including canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing, high and low ropes courses) [49], additional research is warranted.…”

Section: What Is the Optimal Physical Activity Prescription For Peoplmentioning

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What are the top 10 physical activity research questions in schizophrenia?

Vancampfort

Rosenbaum

Probst

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Disability and Rehabilitation

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Purpose: Research has only recently started to consider the applicability of physical activity (PA) for people with schizophrenia. Although there is increasing evidence for the benefits of physical activity, this population remains generally physically inactive and sedentary. The aim of the current study is to highlight 10 pertinent physical activity research questions in people with schizophrenia.

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“…Therapeutic recreation has been implemented in various medical facilities across the United States and within the field of psychiatry, and has been connected to improvements in behavior, psychiatric symptoms, and overall functionality in patients with schizophrenia (Finnell, Card, & Menditto, 1997;Voruganti et al, 2006).…”

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Willingness to Interact After Therapeutic Recreation in a Patient With Schizophrenia

Kohno

Matsuda

2018

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

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The study aim was to describe how a patient with schizophrenia who had been in a psychiatric hospital for an extended period of time changed in his desire to interact with others after participating in the therapeutic recreation program, and to interpret his inner process based on symbolic interactionism theory. Data from a patient who showed marked changes in narratives of an interview held after the program and through observation during sessions were analyzed. The patient gained a sense of willingness, including the desire to interact with others and began to act accordingly.

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Going Beyond: An Adventure- and Recreation-Based Group Intervention Promotes Well-Being and Weight Loss in Schizophrenia

Abstract: In the context of overcoming barriers to providing early intervention for youth and preventing metabolic problems among older adults with schizophrenia, adventure- and recreation-based interventions could play a useful complementary role.

Cited by 44 publications

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Ecotherapy – A Forgotten Ecosystem Service: A Review

Ecotherapy – A Forgotten Ecosystem Service: A Review

What are the top 10 physical activity research questions in schizophrenia?

Willingness to Interact After Therapeutic Recreation in a Patient With Schizophrenia

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