Residential green space and mental health-related prescription medication sales : an ecological study in Belgium

Abstract: Background: Residential green space has been associated with mental health benefits, but how such associations vary with green space types is insufficiently known.& nbsp;Objective: We aimed to investigate associations between types and quantities of green space and sales of mood disorder medication in Belgium.Methods: We used aggregated sales data of psycholeptics and psychoanaleptics prescribed to adults from 2006 to 2014. Generalized mixed effects models were used to investigate associations between relative covers of woodland, low-green, grassland, and garden, and average annu... Mehr ...