Nature: A “Treatment” For Epilepsy? - Elisabeth Doran, St James's Hospital, Ireland
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Discover the benefits of nature to people with an epilepsy, carers, clinicians, researchers, & ...everyone! With epileptologist Elisabeth Doran.
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Meet Elisabeth
Benefits of nature to human primates - and how it's been forgotten
Unconscious benefits & simplicity of nature to improve quality of life
Accessing nature needn't be expensive
Benefits of taking care of a plant & the exercise in gardening
Changing mindset re gardening/walks in park
Enjoying and benefiting from nature in many simple ways
Way of reducing medications & enjoying life
Benefiting PWE, family/carers, clinicians, and researchers!
Benefits to nature - increasing biodiversity, air quality, etc.
Studies prove drops in heart rate, blood pressure, and stress
Using nature rather than other treatments
Benefits of nature to students
Book & papers recommended re research into the benefits of nature
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Elisabeth is both a consultant neurologist and Director of the Epilepsy Service at St James's Hospital and a senior clinical lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.
Elisabeth completed her medical training at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany. She trained in epileptology, neurology, medicine, geriatric medicine and psychiatry in Ireland and Germany and has been practicing medicine in Ireland since 2010.
Elisabeth has a special interest in improving the quality of care delivery, delivering patient-centred care, improving access to specialist care and inclusion health. She is interested in the field of autoimmune epilepsy. Further to this she is passionate about improving access to nature in healthcare settings.
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St James’s Hospital: doranelisabeth
Trinity College Dublin: emdoran
Irish Times: bringing-vital-epilepsy-care-directly-to-homeless-people-in-the-community
ResearchGate: Elisabeth-Doran
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