{"id":27979,"date":"2022-10-31T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/?p=27979"},"modified":"2024-03-07T08:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T13:01:28","slug":"study-shows-that-birds-boost-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/study-shows-that-birds-boost-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows that Birds Boost Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27979\" class=\"elementor elementor-27979\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16e4638 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16e4638\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01a5798\" data-id=\"01a5798\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1e0b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1e0b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Study shows that Birds Boost Mental Health<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-446ccf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"446ccf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da5b185\" data-id=\"da5b185\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecd824f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ecd824f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Researchers at King\u2019s College London have found that daily encounters with birds improves the mood of people with depression, as well as with the general population. Visits to places with a wealth of birds \u2014 and therefore trees and water \u2014 \u201ccould be prescribed by doctors to treat mental health conditions,\u201d reported The Guardian.<\/p><p>Chief researcher Andrea Mechelli noted in the paper, published in October in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/srep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientific Reports<\/a>,<\/em> that \u201cwe need to create and support environments, particularly urban environments, where birdlife is a constant feature.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e57d731\" data-id=\"e57d731\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7080300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7080300\" 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