HLTHAGE 3N03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Cardiovascular Disease, Physical Fitness, Biophilia Hypothesis
22 Nov 2018
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Outside of the box thinking: a form of non-pharmalogical treatment, form of non-medication. Fewer side-effects: non-mental illness specific, broad, non-specific effects, good for multimorbidity, direct and indirect effects, direct: in terms of symptoms related to the mental illness. Indirect: things that hang with the mental illness. Why exercise as treatment: direct effects, reducing the actual symptoms of the mental illness, prevent/protect symptoms from reaching a diagnosable symptom. Improve physical health (cardiovascular disease, diabetes management: adjunctive treatment, subclinical depression - exercise can be just as good as medication. Strong, quality evidence: for depression; that exercise is effective, types of studies that were conducted were good studies (randomized control trials, a decent amount of blinding, moderate to large effect, aerobic type, moderate intensity, comparable to cbt. Low to moderate evidence: for anxiety; isn"t the same quality as depression, 4-12 studies showed superior anxiety outcomes, reduction in symptoms.
