Association seen between green space and fewer internalizing symptoms
Evidence shows impacts on development and mental health
However, authors say more studies are needed to quantify magnitude of risk
Physical activity is plausible pathway linking green space to lower risk
Lower use of psychotropic, antihypertensive, and asthma medications observed; association attenuated by body mass index
Specifically, cognitive function and frontal cortex neural impact detected with exposure to traumatic climate events like wildfires
<p>Relationship between environmental and genetic influences on mental health may be interrelated</p>
<p>Young children with public insurance and living in communities with more pre-1950s housing and poverty at increased risk</p>