Natural Disorder

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Significant research has been dedicated to the benefits of natural environments for the mental health of human beings. Experts largely examine using green spaces for treatment so persons can de-stress, pursue fulfilling ventures, and connect with organic life, all while avoiding the stressors of urban life. This chapter revisits relations between mental health practices and ecosystems from a lens of “matters of care” in order to consider the role of environments as active participants in interdependent relationships. The analysis identifies sites of environmental harm and considers how people may ethically re-design mental health practices to promote not only concern for eco-systems but also commitment, attachment, and collaboration. This is best achieved by embracing concepts from care ethics such as interdependency, competence, attentiveness, and responsiveness in more-than-human webs. Matters of care, it is contended, reveal how disorder in both mental health and environmental sustainability are necessarily entangled—this is evidenced by the literatures on (1) the psychological effects of natural exposure and (2) the proliferation of psychiatric waste. Both discussions indicate that species should see themselves as part of the same stories: to understand climate change, depression, disorder, or anxiety as problems to be solved misses the complexity and endurance of the phenomena at hand that impact our collective and individual health.
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Authors Shaun Respess
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/9780197807262.003.0024
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https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197807262.003.0024
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