TY - JOUR A1 - Goyal, Atul A1 - Bansal, Arun A1 - Saini, Jyoti T1 - Nature walk decrease the depression by instigating positive mood Y1 - 2018/10/1 JF - Social Health and Behavior JO - Soc Health Behav SP - 62 EP - 66 VL - 1 IS - 2 UR - https://www.shbonweb.com/article.asp?issn=2589-9767;year=2018;volume=1;issue=2;spage=62;epage=66;aulast=Goyal DO - 10.4103/SHB.SHB_26_18 N2 - Introduction: Depression the most common psychological problem prevails across the world. To deal with depression, psychotropic drugs are generally prescribed by the clinicians which have enormous side-effects. Nature walk refers to a walk in the natural area containing wild flora and fauna, undisturbed by the anthropogenic means. The nature walk is considered as a live meditation which imparts mental peace in the walkers. But limited evidence is availed till date reporting the role of a nature walk in instigating positive mood. Therefore, present work was carried out to evaluate the potential role of a nature walk in decreasing depression by instigating the positive mood. Methods: For this, a nature walk was organized for 20 participants in Chhatbir Zoo, Chandigarh. The mood of participants was assessed by using the BMIS instrument. Results: Results of the present study revealed that nature walks significantly instigate the positive mood. Conclusion: Based on our results, we suggest that nature walk can be used as an intervention to manage depression. ER -