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Good Hygiene

Overview

Good personal hygiene and keeping your home clean are important for maintaining good physical and mental health. Good hygiene can help prevent the spread of disease and infection, and it can also promote general well-being. This is particularly important if you are suffering from depression, as poor hygiene can have a negative impact on your mood and well-being. Our environment can have a strong influence on our mood. Therefore, it's a good idea to keep our environment clean and satisfying so that it can contribute positively to our mental well-being. Some of the benefits of good hygiene are listed below.

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Improved mood 

Good hygiene can help improve mood by reducing feelings of anxiety, stress and depression.


Increased energy

Good hygiene can help increase energy levels, as it can improve overall physical and mental health.


Improved self-esteem

Good hygiene can help improve self-esteem by making you feel more confident and positive about yourself.


Better sleep

Good hygiene can help improve the quality of your sleep by creating a clean and comfortable environment in which to sleep.


Reduced risk of infection

Good hygiene can help reduce the risk of infection by preventing the spread of disease and illness.


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Studies and Videos References

Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity | Huberman Lab Podcast #57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze2pc6NwsHQ&t=3165s&ab_channel=AndrewHuberman

Study on the Impact of Residential Outdoor Environments on Mood in the Elderly in Guangzhou, China
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/9/3933

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Personal Hygiene
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-27297-9_3

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Hidden heroes of the health revolution Sanitation and personal hygiene
https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(08)00740-2/fulltext

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Importance of understanding the need of personal hygiene: A comprehensive review
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sayantan-Ghosh-8/publication/348445943_Importance_of_understanding_the_need_of_personal_hygiene_A_comprehensive_review/links/5fffd032299bf1408893db5e/Importance-of-understanding-the-need-of-personal-hygiene-A-comprehensive-review.pdf

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Natural Sound Facilitates Mood Recovery
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/eco.2014.0028

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Effects of enriched environment on animal models of neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0969996108000910

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Practitioners’ experiences of deteriorating personal hygiene standards in people living with depression in Australia: A qualitative study
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/hsc.13491

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Does low self-esteem predict depression and anxiety? A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-16517-001

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Understanding the Link Between Low Self-Esteem and Depression
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963721413492763?journalCode=cdpa

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The importance of greenspace for mental health
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-international/article/importance-of-greenspace-for-mental-health/EEFD7077B5E3823086FB187FABE535C2

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PLANTS FOR A BETTER LIFE - PEOPLE-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS IN INDOOR WORK ENVIRONMENTS
https://www.actahort.org/books/881/881_138.htm

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Effect of warm/cool white lights on visual perception and mood in warm/cool color environments
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8481791/

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Designing the Indoor Environment for People
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17452007.2005.9684583

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