Too often people turn to antidepressants for helping their anxiety and depression. One in 10 Americans now takes an antidepressant medication (Rabin). People are finding that …show more content…
A new form of therapy called Ecotherapy has made a large impact on depression thus far. Ecotherapy uses a large amount of outdoor activities such as: walking, building, photography and fire building to improve psychological functions in the brain. A study done by the University of Essex compared the benefits of a 30-minute walk out in nature to a 30-minute walk in an indoor shopping center and the results of the twenty members included were amazing. After the country walk, 71 percent reported decreased levels of depression and that they felt less tense while 90 percent reported increase self-esteem (Denby). The indoor shopping center results on the other hand were completely different. Almost half of the people said they felt less depressed, and 22 percent said they felt more depressed. Half of the study also said their self-esteem dropped and they became tense while window