EXERCISE AND DEPRESSION: A Critical Review
EXERCISE AND DEPRESSION: A Critical Review
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2006-12
Authors
Suleiman, M. A.
Venkateswarlu, K.
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Abstract
Depression is not restricted to individuals with psychiatric illness.
Generalized, non-clinical depression is experienced by almost everyone at
some point in life. Traditional treatments for clinical depression have been
primarily psychotherapy and pharmacological interventions Unfortunately,
these therapies have not always been effective and in some cases, they have
side effects Practitioners and researchers have therefore started to examine
possible alternatives in the treatment of clinical depression. The
preponderance of available research evidence suggests that exercise has
the potential to play this role. This paper examines the potential of different
exercise types to decrease depression, the relationship between length of
exercise programme and its effects on depression , and the effect of intensity
of exercise on depression. Several hypotheses have been advanced to
explain the relationship between exercise and depression, however the
mechanisms by which exercise exerts its effects have not been extensively
investigated nor well understood. It is therefore suggested that more studies
should be conducted with strict controls on (he different modes of exercise
and the severity and duration of depression.
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Post-print Journal Article
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EXERCISE,, DEPRESSION,, Critical Review