Research and practical cases of horticultural therapy in Chinese patients with mental rehabilitation and autism

The literature points out that horticulture therapy originated in the United States and was initially implemented in mental hospitals in the United States with good results. Xinhe Social work Center has been committed to promoting horticulture therapy and looking at China. In fact, many experts have carried out horticulture therapy among ex-mental patients and autistic people since 2001, and achieved remarkable results.

Ban Ruiyi. Rehabilitation effect of horticultural therapy on patients with chronic schizophrenia [J]. Nursing Research, 2001, 15 (6): 327,329.

2. Ban Ruiyi; observation on the rehabilitation effect of horticultural therapy on patients with chronic schizophrenia [J]; Southern Journal of Nursing; issue 05, 2001

3. Ban Ruiyi; Analysis of the rehabilitation effect of horticultural therapy on chronic schizophrenia [J]; Journal of practical Nursing; issue 02, 2002

4. Yang Jinchen, PhD, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; depressed, try horticulture therapy [N]; Health Times; 2006

Guo Xiangtao; Zhou Jianhua; Application of Horticultural Therapy in Rehabilitation and recuperation Space [J]; Southern Agriculture (Garden Flower Edition); issue 02, 2010

6. Guo Cheng, Jin Cancan, Lei Xiuya; Application of horticultural therapy in the intervention of social disorders in autistic children; Journal of Beijing Forestry University: social Sciences Edition; issue 4, 2012

7. Huang Rose; Zhou Dan; effect of horticultural therapy on anxiety of hospitalized patients with mental illness [J]; Journal of Clinical Nursing; issue 05, 2012

8. Guo Cheng; application of horticultural therapy in the intervention of social disorders in autistic children; Journal of Beijing Forestry University (Social Science Edition); Volume 11, No. 4, December 2012

The National Education and Science "Eleventh five-year Plan" 2009 Ministry of Education key project "Research on Education and Psychological Assistance for Special Children in China" (DBA090365).

9. Fu Yanru; Qiu Hongfei; Design of Children's Rehabilitation Garden based on sensory experience [A]; Proceedings of the 2013 Conference of Chinese Landscape Architecture Society (Volume 1) [C]; 2013

10. Ji Yili; study on the design of autism treatment park; China Horticultural Abstract; No. 01, 2014

11. Zhou Yao; A preliminary study on the Application of Horticultural Therapy in the Medical Care of the elderly in the Community [J]; Chinese Geriatric Health Medicine; issue 03, 2014

12. Zhang Jiayi; Guo Tinghong; preliminary study on Horticultural Therapy in Rehabilitation Garden for Autistic Children, Sichuan Architecture; No. 06, 2014

13. Love brightens the starry sky: horticulture Therapy Services for Autistic Children Project; Chengdu Shude Middle School

Zhao Feiyi, Zhang Zhe Yuan, Han Zi, Xia Xiaojie, Xu Hong; study on the ecological, sociological and physiological mechanism of horticultural therapy in children with autism; Journal of Beijing Forestry University (Social Science Edition); 2016 03

[author's unit]: hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Shanghai University of traditional Chinese Medicine; Haiyan Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Medical College; Department of Education of East China normal University

[fund]: supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81102729 / 81473594), supported by the National Science and Technology support Plan of the Eleventh five-year Plan (2007BAI10B01-027), supported by the Scientific Research Fund of traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanghai Health Bureau (20134358).

15. The spiritual Flower talk Project, which helps people with mental rehabilitation in the community to support themselves, is implemented by Xinhe Social work Service, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, which was officially launched in December 2016.

Editor: Zhao Peiheng

Reproduced on the Horticulture Therapy HTAC blog.

Operator: Yang Yaru MX004