Student Health and Wellness
Student Health and Wellness -Mental Health (SHaW) offers multiple types of support for mental health. If you feel that you would like to talk to a mental health provider, please contact them at Mental Health. Staff and therapists at SHaW offer a holistic and collaborative model of care, recognizing the physical and mental health benefits of spending time in nature.
There are a variety of services at SHaW that can aid in mental health support. They offer mindfulness workshops and meditation which are only enhanced by intentional outdoors time.
References:
- Meredith, G. R., D. A. Rakow, E. R. B. Eldermire, C. G. Madsen, S. P. Shelley, and N. A. Sachs. 2019. Minimum time dose in nature to positively impact the mental health of college-aged students, and how to measure It: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psycholology 10: 2942. 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02942
- Rakow, D. A., and G. T. Eells. 2019. NatureRx: Improving College-Student Mental Health. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.
UConn Library Wellness Guide
The Library contains a wide variety of resources for mental health and wellness that are categorized by topics and primarily available electronically. For NatureRx related materials, check out "Movement, Exercise & Getting Outdoors" and scroll down to "Getting Outside into Nature."