10.6084/m9.figshare.12264338.v1 William Marchand William Marchand nick otis nick otis Gary Wynn Gary Wynn Christian Beckwith Christian Beckwith SHIFT SHIFT Nature Exposure for Veterans: A Randomized Controlled Trial figshare 2020 Webinar Nature Intervention Military Veterans SHIFT Health and Nature Mental Health Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified Land Use and Environmental Planning 2020-05-07 14:16:31 Presentation https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Nature_Exposure_for_Veterans_A_Randomized_Controlled_Trial/12264338 <p>At the 2019 SHIFT Summit, a workshop on Military Readiness examined the therapeutic effects of nature on our wounded and non-wounded active duty service members, including how it could help reduce levels of stress, depression, and burnout and<a href="https://militaryfamilieslearningnetwork.org/2019/03/15/the-eight-domains-of-total-force-fitness-military-families-lethality-and-resilience/"> </a>reduce the economic costs to the military healthcare system.</p><p>The workshop catalyzed a project to develop a study on hiking as a mental- and emotional-health intervention for veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. It was assumed that such a trial would provide the military with a novel mechanism for a prioritized issue that has broader implications for civilian populations that experience stress, including first responders, police officers and intensive care unit health care providers.</p><p>This webinar features a discussion on the study’s goals and challenges with its principles. </p><div><br></div>