BUDAPEST — Low- to moderate-intensity physical exercise in patients with severe mental illness is linked to improved medication adherence, regardless of medication type or duration of illness, new ...

A new review of multiple studies suggests that regular physical activity can significantly lower anxiety and depressed moods ...

Data are limited, however. In mice, ingesting exercise mimetics appeared to improve depressive-like behaviors, and the observed mechanisms (eg, enhanced muscle-brain axis, amplified signaling across ...

People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder die on average 10 to 20 years earlier than ...

Physical activity, especially through face-to-face programs, reduces depression and anxiety in these patients. A study led by researchers from the University of Granada, carried out in collaboration ...

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“Exercise is not a replacement for psychiatric medication for the treatment of schizophrenia. However, exercise is a low-risk, worthwhile adjunctive [add-on] intervention,” says Divya Hedgren, MD, a ...

Physical activity has become an essential part of my routine. I no longer see it as a chore or something I “have” to do, but as a way to reset my mind and recharge my mental battery. For years, I ...

Most people do not realize that aerobic exercise is good not just for your body but for your psyche as well. Although most consider psychotherapy or medications to be the frontline approach for ...

Senior Research Fellow, Physical Activity, Wellbeing and Public Health Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University Following the news of her cancer diagnosis in March 2024, Catherine, Princess of ...

Op-Ed: What I tell my patients—and what I try to practice myself—is this: you don’t need perfection. You just need to move.