Examining the Influence of Healing Garden on Mental Health of the Patients by Emphasizing Stress Reduction

Subject Areas : Architecture and urbanism

Seyed Abolfazl Hashemin ¹ , Ahmad Kazemi ² , Mohamadreza Bemanian ³

1 - Ph.D, Student of Architecture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. * (Corresponding Author)
2 - M.Sc., Architectural Engineering, Islamic Azad University, West Tehran, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2017-05-25 Accepted : 2017-06-03 Published : 2020-02-20

Keywords: Stress Reduction, Healing garden, Human and Nature relation, Persian garden, Mental health,

Abstract :

Context and purpose: connection with the nature is the most essential natural need of human. Researches show that nature and green space contribute to mental stress reduction and mental health improvement. Today, landscape architecture designs natural elements such that they would have positive effects on human mental condition and stress reduction. Actually, by developing ability to confronting stress, gardens improve mental views (garden) on human mental health and stress reduction and meeting the natural need of human to experience diverse natural environments of obtain peace. Research methodology: This research used information collection instruments (librarian studies, related documents) and component, principles and patterns related to the subject have been examined and analyzed.  Findings: research result show that using Persian garden model by healing function in medical centers is useful and contributing to mental health and stress reduction. Thus, the following are characteristics of a healing garden for mental health: Lack of material opaqueness in relation between human and space, possibility of selection and making equilibrium between isolation and interaction positive distractions possibility of physical action and encouraging it water and inducing peace feeling. Conclusion and discussion: there are many researches on healing garden and Therapeutic landscape and its effects on human in internal literature while this study provides and examines characteristics specific for stress reduction and mental health in these gardens.

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