Viewing an alpine environment positively affects emotional analytics in patients with somatoform, depressive and anxiety disorders as well as in healthy controls.
Katharina HüfnerCornelia OwerGeorg KemmlerTheresa VillCaroline MartiniAndrea SchmittBarbara Sperner-UnterwegerPublished in: BMC psychiatry (2020)
Preventive and therapeutic programs for patients with somatoform, depressive and anxiety disorders should consider taking the benefits of natural outdoor environments, such as alpine environments, into account. Organizational barriers which are preventing the implementation of such programs in clinical practice need to be identified and addressed.