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Horticultural therapy in a psychiatric in-patient setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Miguel de Seixas ,
David Williamson ,
Gemma Barker  and
Ruth Vickerstaff
Miguel de Seixas
Affiliation:
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK, email miguel.deseixas@cpft.nhs.uk
David Williamson
Affiliation:
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Gemma Barker
Affiliation:
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Ruth Vickerstaff
Affiliation:
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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Abstract

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In-patient mental health services have a duty to constantly seek to improve patient experience and to assist in the development of new skills that can aid recovery. Horticultural therapy can be implemented in an economic, social and environmentally sustainable way to achieve those goals.

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BJPsych International , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , November 2017 , pp. 87 - 89
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