Canadian doctors are now permitted to prescribe patients with "nature" as a treatment to benefit both their mental and physical health. The PaRx initiative, aka A Prescription for Nature, encourages patients to take advantage of Canada's vast national park system and spend at least two hours a week in nature. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live
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"Doctors across several Canadian provinces can now prescribe patients a pass to the country’s national parks system in a bid to improve their mental and physical health.
On Monday, Parks Canada said it was joining the national nature prescription program known as PaRx, or A Prescription for Nature, which aims to get patients into nature for a minimum of two hours per week.
A growing body of research has shown anxiety and mental health problems, including those triggered by global heating, can be effectively treated by spending time in nature. That can include everything from digging your hands into a backyard garden to exploring the backcountry (though studies have shown increased biodiversity, as well as sweeping views of green space and water, are best).
What matters, say experts, is that patients feel like they have had an experience in nature. "
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