A Potential Natural Treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Evidence From a National Study

Kuo, Frances E.; Taylor, Andrea Faber

doi:10.2105/ajph.94.9.1580

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“…First, research on gardens has established the connection between gardening and psychological well-being (Francis & Hester, 1990;Kaplan, 1973;Kaplan & Kaplan, 1990;Kuo & Taylor, 2004). Kaplan and Kaplan's (1990) path-breaking research focused attention on the restorative experience of gardens, an experience that facilitates recovery from everyday stress, anxiety, and fatigue.…”

Section: Gardens and Well-beingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrant home gardens: Places of religion, culture, ecology, and family

Mazumdar¹,

Mazumdar

2012

Landscape and Urban Planning

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a b s t r a c tThis paper focuses on the role of home gardens in the lives of immigrants. An ethnographic research was conducted which included observations of 16 home gardens and unstructured open-ended interviews with 28 immigrants from India, Vietnam; Indonesia, Philippines, Iran, China and Taiwan, to Southern California, USA. The lessons from this study are that for immigrants home gardens can be: (a) religious space enabling everyday practice of religion as well as meditation and socialization; (b) culture space through plants, fruits and flowers that enable cultural cuisine, ethnomedicine, and identity continuity; (c) ecological space that assists with environmental/ecological nostalgia, reconnecting people with landscapes left behind as well as forging new connections to place; (d) family memorial space where gardens honor and memorialize family members and provide opportunities for intergenerational linkages. These enable immigrants to engage with, personalize, and experience their new environment in deeply meaningful ways.

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Section: Gardens and Well-beingmentioning

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Immigrant home gardens: Places of religion, culture, ecology, and family

Mazumdar¹,

Mazumdar

2012

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…Among children diagnosed with AD/HD, green space exposure in warmer climates and seasons has been associated with improved attention (Kuo & Faber Taylor, 2004;Faber Taylor & Kuo, 2009). While some of the evidence for green space's benefits is cross-sectional such as the survey finding that parents of AD/HD children report improved symptoms after activities conducted in natural "greener" outdoor settings compared with indoor settings (Faber Taylor, Koop & Sullivan, 2001;Kuo & Faber Taylor, 2004), a recent study directly examined cognitive functioning.…”

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Walking in a Natural Winter Setting to Relieve Attention Fatigue: A Pilot Study

Perkins¹,

Searight²,

Ratwik³

2011

PSYCH

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Previous research has suggested that exposure to outdoor surroundings is associated with improved attention and concentration among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). This effect has been attributed to the impact of exposure to "green space" in restoring fatigued attention. Because of concerns about side effects and misuse of stimulant medication, there has been considerable interest in green space exposure as a possible alternative or complementary therapy for ADHD. In the current study, adults completed a 20-minute walk in three types of outdoor settings: a wooded trail, a residential neighborhood, and a parking lot. Participants completed subtests from the Wechsler Memory Scale assessing attention, concentration, and short-term memory as well as the Profile of Mood States, a self-report measure for assessing current emotional status. Based upon previous green space research, it was anticipated that participants in the wooded trail condition would perform better on the cognitive tasks. However, there was no difference between the three conditions in participants' preand post-walk cognitive functioning. When data from the three groups were pooled, there was a significant benefit associated with the 20-minute walk for short-term memory as well in reducing tension, depression, anger, and fatigue. The results do suggest that relatively brief outdoor physical activity may be a useful complementary intervention for persons with conditions adversely affecting short-term memory.

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“…Studies indicate that access to UGS is associated with many health benefits for children. Studies, for instance, show that children who live in greener surroundings or have views of and access to green environments are healthier (Grahn, 1996), cope better with stressful life events (Wells and Evans, 2003), have lower rates of depression (Maas, et al, 2009), less stress and anxiety (Chawla, et al, 2014), reduced symptoms of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Kuo and Faber Taylor, 2004;Faber Taylor and Kuo, 2009), and higher self-discipline (Faber Taylor, et al, 2002), and show more focused attention (Grahn, 1996;Wells, 2000) and reduced inattentiveness (Dadvand, et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%