Wilderness Therapy for Women: The power of adventure

Crisp, Simon

doi:10.1007/bf03400683

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“…Kingston et al (1997) found statistically significant improvements in clients' self-reported challenges with self-esteem, attention, and social difficulties. Crisp and Hinch (2004) found statistically and clinically significant reductions in youth WT participant's mental illness symptoms which was maintained at the 2-year follow-up.…”

Section: Outcomes Of Wilderness Therapymentioning

confidence: 77%

Readiness to Change, Trait Emotional Intelligence, and Client Fit in Wilderness Therapy

Mott

Zolotas

Harper

2023

Child & Youth Services

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Background: Wilderness therapy is one type of residential treatment that has been shown to successfully engage adolescents in mental health and substance use treatment. A growing body of wilderness therapy outcomes research supports this and wilderness therapy is being increasingly recognized as a legitimate intervention for adolescents experiencing challenges with mental health and substance use. Some evidence suggests that not all elements of wilderness therapy necessarily work the same for all clients. The question of client fit in wilderness therapy, or what works for whom, is one that has yet to receive much empirical attention in the literature. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how participation in one Canadian wilderness therapy program effects two outcome variables, trait emotional intelligence and readiness to change, and how client fit moderates these relationship. Specifically, this research examines: (1) changes in clients' trait emotional intelligence from pre-to post-wilderness therapy, (2) changes in clients' readiness to change from pre-to post-wilderness therapy, and (3) if these changes differ by pre-treatment client-level variablessex, age, funding, digital interference in everyday life, or substance abuse severity. Methodology: Research was conducted with 48 participants ranging in age from 14 to 20 years. A longitudinal case study design was

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Section: Outcomes Of Wilderness Therapymentioning

confidence: 77%

Readiness to Change, Trait Emotional Intelligence, and Client Fit in Wilderness Therapy

Mott

Zolotas

Harper

2023

Child & Youth Services

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“…Regarding adolescents, Bowen et al [38] developed a 10-week program based on Wilderness Adventure Therapy (WAT) [44] for outpatients with mixed psychiatric diagnoses (n = 36), mostly depression and conduct disorder. The WAT model emphasizes the development of social-emotional competencies and coping skills through group-based adventure experiences that are facilitated by a psychologist.…”

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Lifestyle Prescription for Depression with a Focus on Nature Exposure and Screen Time: A Narrative Review

Balanzá‐Martínez

Cervera-Martínez

2022

IJERPH

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Recent lifestyles changes have favored increased time in contact with screens and a parallel reduction in contact with natural environments. There is growing awareness that nature exposure and screen time are related to depression. So far, the roles of how these environmental lifestyles affect depressive symptoms and disorders have not been reviewed simultaneously. The aim of this review was to gather the literature regarding the role of nature exposure and screen time in depression. An emphasis was made on clinical samples of patients with well-defined depression and the different methodological approaches used in the field. A second goal was to suggest an agenda for clinical practice and research. Studies were included if they assessed depressive symptoms in patients with a clinical diagnosis of depression. An overview of the published literature was conducted using three scientific databases up to December 2021. Several interventions involving nature exposure have shown positive effects on depressive symptoms and mood-related measures. The most consistent finding suggests that walks in natural environments may decrease depressive symptoms in patients with clinical depression. Less researched interventions, such as psychotherapy delivered in a forest or access to natural environments via virtual reality, may also be effective. In contrast, fewer observational studies and no experimental research on screen time have been conducted in patients with clinical depression. Thus, recommendations for practice and research are also discussed. Scarce research, diverse interventions, and several methodological shortcomings prevent us from drawing conclusions in this area. More high-quality experimental research is needed to establish interventions with proven efficacy in clinical depression. At this stage, it is too early to formulate practice guidelines and advise the prescription of these lifestyles to individuals with depression. The present findings may serve as a basis to develop strategies based on nature exposure and screen time targeting clinical depression.

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Wilderness Therapy for Women: The power of adventure

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Readiness to Change, Trait Emotional Intelligence, and Client Fit in Wilderness Therapy

Readiness to Change, Trait Emotional Intelligence, and Client Fit in Wilderness Therapy

Lifestyle Prescription for Depression with a Focus on Nature Exposure and Screen Time: A Narrative Review

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