MENTAL HEALTH AND GREEN EXERCISE

Early day motion 1124, tabled 5 March 2008 by Martin Caton (Labour). Signed by 32 members.

That this House notes the recent evidence that anti-depressant drugs are ineffective in the treatment of many people; commends the mental health charity MIND, for its report Ecotherapy - the green agenda for mental health, which shows that exercise activity outside in attractive and varied landscapes benefits mental as well as physical health; and supports MIND's calls for Ecotherapy to be recognised as a clinically valid treatment for mental distress, access to green space to be considered as a key issue in all care planning and care assessment, and designing for mental wellbeing to be recognised as good practice for architecture and planning.

Signatures by party: Labour 17, Liberal Democrat 9, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, UUP 1.