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Beyond Greenspaces and Mental Health: The Power of the Wild

Mad in America

For my MSc in Global Mental Health and Society, my dissertation attempted to explore human-nature relationships by studying urban greenspace at the intersection of land management, public healthcare, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030.

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New WHO Guidance Calls for Paradigm Shift in Mental Health Policy

Mad in America

The publication was WHOs first comprehensive mental health guidance it has issued in 20 years, and it puts human rights at the center of its call for fundamental changes in global mental health policies. However, the United States will almost certainly not be among that group of countries.