{"id":2964,"date":"2019-04-09T14:35:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2019-04-09T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T21:36:29","slug":"how-much-do-you-care-about-your-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/2019\/04\/09\/how-much-do-you-care-about-your-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How much do you care about YOUR mental health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;According to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mentalhealthamerica.net\/issues\/state-mental-health-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2019 State of Mental Health in America Report<\/a>, over 44 million American adults struggle with a mental health condition, and the rate of youth similarly affected is on the rise. While this a staggering number, there is some\u00a0positive news for those prone to depression and anxiety. Recent studies have discovered that spending time in nature can be a powerful tool for improving overall well-being and managing mental health.<\/p>\n<p>The great outdoors has plenty to offer in the form of fun and recreation, but its influence on your overall health and wellness is worth investing your free time and attention in. The returns come in the form of an overall healthier and happier life.&#8221; Find out 6 ways to improve your mental health by reading the story below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KQYyeqMb6p\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oars.com\/blog\/mental-health-benefits-of-spending-time-in-nature\/\">Go Outside: Your Mental Health Depends On It<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Go Outside: Your Mental Health Depends On It&#8221; &#8212; OARS\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oars.com\/blog\/mental-health-benefits-of-spending-time-in-nature\/embed\/#?secret=01mL6pLlp4#?secret=KQYyeqMb6p\" data-secret=\"KQYyeqMb6p\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;According to the\u00a02019 State of Mental Health in America Report, over 44 million American adults struggle with a mental health condition, and the rate of youth similarly affected is on the rise. While this a staggering number, there is some\u00a0positive news for those prone to depression and anxiety. Recent studies have discovered that spending time &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/2019\/04\/09\/how-much-do-you-care-about-your-mental-health\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How much do you care about YOUR mental health?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9283,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2972,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions\/2972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/fernhopper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}