But when I worked with dementia patients, I met countless sufferers who were forced to sell up. Unintentionally, they created two parallel systems: free medical health care for everyone and a supplementary system provided by local authorities for those in need of ‘care and attention’. But the antidepressants prescribed by GPs have failed to make them better, hence why they have been referred to a mental health specialist. For many years, doctors have known there is a genetic component to many, if not all, mental health conditions. It was found that those who had a green, rural view were 24 per cent less likely to have physical or mental health problems, which proves just how important green spaces are for our mental health.

Source: Daily Mail July 20, 2019 00:45 UTC