People living within a 10-minute walk of improved urban woodlands are 10% less likely to use antidepressants and 6% less likely to use anti-anxiety medication, according to a 5-year UK study of 129,33
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This is further evidence of what's sometimes referred to as the savanna principle. More interesting evidence: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6143402/
Someone who can read tell me if they corrected for income? Because I'm thinking living near nice areas costs more, and that people who have that kind of money are simply less likely to be on these types of medicine?
Yes, they did.
This is classic correlation rather than causation, although it might be a smaller factor, people living near parks and woodlands will tend to be in nicer neighborhoods, have better jobs and income, and so forth.
I would strongly presume anyway.