Nature Based Interventions, 15 credits Compulsory Literature
The recommended and compulsory literature will all be available via the SLU library or through the course online classroom Canvas for registered student at the course. Additionally, scientific journal papers will be read and used in course assignments later on in the second half of the course.

Module I

No mandatory reading before this meeting but we will recommend some articles for each lecture for you to acquaint yourself with the given topic.  

Please read the following articles and book chapters before the meeting in Umeå.

Module II 

Online lectures for this meeting will be uploaded on Canvas in a map “Lectures - films to watch and prepare questions for, before meeting in Umeå”. Please watch all the lectures before the meeting as well as read the below articles.
Sonntag-Öström, E. 2014 Forest for Rest. Recovery from exhaustion disorder. Umeå University Medical Dissertations, New Series No 1667. (Institutionen för Folkhälsa och Klinisk Medicin, enheten för yrkes- och miljömedicin, Umeå Universitet) ISBN 978-91-7601-083-9, ISSN 03466612. (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2013.12.007)
Sonntag-Öström, E., Nordin, M., Dolling, A., Lundell, Y., Nilsson, L., Slunga Järvholm, L. 2015. Can rehabilitation in boreal forests help recovery from exhaustion disorder? – The randomised clinical trial ForRest. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 30:8, 732748.
DOI:10.1080/02827581.2015.1046482.

Sonntag-Öström, E., Nordin, M., Slunga Järvholm, L., Lundell, Y., Brännström, R., & Dolling, A. 2011. Can the boreal forest be used for rehabilitation and recovery from stress-related exhaustion? A pilot study. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 26: 245-256. (doi: 10.1080/02827581.2011.558521)

Sonntag-Öström, E., Nordin, M., Lundell, Y., Dolling, A., Wiklund, U., Karlsson, M., Carlberg, B., Slunga Järvholm, L. 2014. Restorative effects of visits to urban and forest environments in patients with exhaustion disorder. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 13: 344-354. (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2013.12.007)
Sonntag-Öström, E., Stenlund, T., Nordin, M., Lundell, Y., Ahlgren, C., Fjellman-Wiklund, A., Slunga Järvholm, L. and Dolling, A. 2015. "Nature's effect on my mind." - Patients' qualitative experiences of a forest-based rehabilitation programme. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 14(3): 607-614. (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2015.06.002)