Outdoor swimming to treat depression to be trialled as alternative to drugs

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Scientists want to examine the benefits for people with mental illness offered by ecotherapy - therapeutic intervention through nature. The mental health charity Mind already recommends the treatment.

Prescribing outdoor swimming for depression is going to be trialled as an alternative to medication.

Experts from the University of Portsmouth will be working with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to examine how a dip in nature compares to antidepressants.

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