Physical activity in the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression

Martinsen, Egil W.

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“…53 Physical activity interventions have furthermore been associated with benefits observed in symptoms of emotional concern. 54 In a recent review of the effects of exercise on children's intelligence, cognition and academic achievement, evidence for an association between exercise and children's academic achievement was found and it was suggested that exercise may be a simple, but an important method of improving children's mental functioning. 55 This may be an important factor to consider and examine in future prevention efforts for improving child mental health outcomes as well as physical health outcomes.…”

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Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

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Objectives: The first objective was to determine the prevalence of psychological maladjustment (emotional and behavioural problems), low academic competencies and teasing/social rejection among obese Icelandic children enrolling in a family-based behavioural treatment. A second objective was to explore the degree to which teasing/social rejection specifically contributes to children's psychological adjustment and academic competencies when controlling for other variables, including demographics, children's physical activity, parental depression and life-stress. Methods: Participants were 84 obese children (mean body mass index-standard deviation score ¼ 3.11, age range ¼ 7.52-13.61 years). Height and weight, demographics and measures of children's psychological adjustment, academic competencies, teasing/social rejection and physical activity were collected from children, parents and teachers. Parental depression and life-stress was self-reported. Results: Over half the children exceeded cutoffs indicating concern on at least one measure of behavioural or emotional difficulties. Children endorsed significant levels of teasing/social rejection, with almost half acknowledging they were not popular with same-gender peers. Parent reports of peer problems were even higher, with over 90% of both boys and girls being rated by their parents as having significant peer difficulties. However, rates of low academic competencies as reported by teachers were not different from those of the general population. In regression analyses controlling for other variables, self-reported teasing/social rejection emerged as a significant contributor to explaining both child psychological adjustment and academic competencies. Conclusions:The results indicate that among obese children enrolled in family-based treatment, self-reported teasing/social rejection is quite high and it is associated with poorer psychological adjustment as well as lower academic competencies. Parent reports corroborate the presence of substantial peer difficulties, supporting the need to address peer relations with overweight children both in clinical practice and in public health interventions.

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Section: Teasing and Social Rejection Among Obese Children T Gunnarsdmentioning

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Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

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“…33 The rats assigned to an exercise group were given access to a running wheel for 2 h per day with sessions beginning between 0900 and 1100 h. We have previously shown that this wheel-running session length (2 h per day) effectively blocks the development of the incubation effect when available throughout abstinence. [15][16][17] The sessions were conducted daily during early (days 1-7), late (days [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] or throughout abstinence (days [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. The rats in the sedentary group were also given access to a wheel for 2 h per day throughout abstinence; however, the wheel was locked at all times (as a control for environmental enrichment).…”

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“…4,5 There are also many anecdotal reports suggesting that people in recovery turn to exercise to help maintain abstinence. Exercise has been shown to reduce symptoms of depression and measures of anxiety, and to enhance cognition, 6,7 factors known to contribute to drug relapse. 8,9 Recent reports analyzing exercisebased programs piloted at drug abuse treatment facilities have also shown that engaging in a consistent exercise regimen reduces withdrawal symptoms, increases the likelihood of remaining abstinent and decreases craving.…”

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“…We also compared the effects of early or late exercise to the effects of access to a locked or unlocked wheel throughout abstinence (days [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. On the basis of the neurobiological data, 29,33,38 we predicted that exercise during early abstinence would cause a greater decrease in cocaine seeking as compared with exercise during late abstinence.…”

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Exercise during early, but not late abstinence, attenuates subsequent relapse vulnerability in a rat model

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Beiter

Peterson

et al. 2017

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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“…19 Researchers' survey has shown that exercise can increase blood flow, oxygen and brain glucose and as a result the optimal function of the brain. 20,21 Undoubtedly, the establishment of a healthy and happy society depends on the physical and mental health of the members in the society and needs to efforts of healthy, efficient and thoughtful human forces. In this regard, the human and specialist resources in education that often have acceptable scientific and practical knowledge and abilities need to be able to overcome threatening factors of general health by the management of their organizations.…”

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The Comparison of Mental Health between Athlete and Non-Athlete Teachers in Schools of Education in Gilan Province

Bakhshalipour¹

2018

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Goals: Mental health is one of the most important aspects of society health assessment and plays an important role in the dynamism and efficiency of each society. The purpose of this study was to compare mental health between athlete and non-athlete teachers in schools of education in Gilan province.Methodology: This causal-comparative study was conducted on the descriptiveanalysis method. The statistical sample of this study was 600 male and female physical education teachers and male and female non-physical education teachers in schools of Gilan province. The instrument of this study was included Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). The collected data were classified by descriptive statistical methods and were analyzed by independent T-test. Results:The score mean of mental health in physical education teachers was 20.25% and the score mean of mental health in non-physical education teachers was 31.11%. The results showed that there was a significant difference between two groups in depression, social dysfunction and anxiety subscales (P<0.05), but there was no significant difference between two groups in the somatic symptoms subscale (P>0.05). Conclusion:Physical activities seem to be necessary as an appropriate, easy and inexpensive approach to increase mental health among teachers. Authorities can lead the society towards physical and mental health through the planning in the field of exercise and physical activity for teachers and the encouragement them to sports activities.

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Physical activity in the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression

Cited by 318 publications

References 32 publications

Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

Teasing and social rejection among obese children enrolling in family-based behavioural treatment: effects on psychological adjustment and academic competencies

Exercise during early, but not late abstinence, attenuates subsequent relapse vulnerability in a rat model

The Comparison of Mental Health between Athlete and Non-Athlete Teachers in Schools of Education in Gilan Province

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