Exercise, the best antidepressant
It is known that doing exercise produces pleasure. In moments when you don’t feel very good emotionally, a good run can help you feel better. But now it has been scientifically proven that exercise has a huge effect in acute depression treatment.
In the U.S.A they are starting to standardize depression treatments based in physical exercise (This data is published in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice).
In this way, aerobic exercise is the best for patients with acute depression. Doctors recommend 45 to 60 minutes of aerobic exercise, in a heart rate that is between 50% and 80% of the Maximum Heart Rate.
The results indicate a great improvement after the 4th week but the best results are produced after the 12th week.
These studies show that only the 15% of the patients abandon the treatment, the same percentage of other medical and pharmacological treatments.
They also advice other doctors in how to strenghten the adhesión to the treatments, including individualized routines, and helping the patients in choosing the right sport, taking into consideration personal preferences.
Other studies
Apart from these studies from the journal of Psychiatric Practice, there are many studies that support sport practice instead of taking drugs.
Michael Otto, author of the clinical guide Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, say that there are many studies that demostrate the same speed of recovery with sport practice tan taking drugs.
Doctor Otto supports the idea of including physical exercise ne patients treatment, even in the patients that don’t want to move from the sofa because of the depression. They have developed special techniques for these patients.
Otto suggests that there are not many doctors that include even the word “exercise” in the treatment, but these highly medicated people don’t get better. The exercise put you out.
Depression, says the doctor, is a disease that feeds itself. The reclusion makes you not want to go outside and this recluses you more.
All these studies, and all the benefits sport can produce in the brain suggests that exercise can solve most of the mental problems we see today. Drug use only covers the problem and is very expensive for the state and the people.
So if you have depression or you know somebody in this state, search for more information. In sport may be the solution.
In the U.S.A they are starting to standardize depression treatments based in physical exercise (This data is published in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice).
In this way, aerobic exercise is the best for patients with acute depression. Doctors recommend 45 to 60 minutes of aerobic exercise, in a heart rate that is between 50% and 80% of the Maximum Heart Rate.
The results indicate a great improvement after the 4th week but the best results are produced after the 12th week.
These studies show that only the 15% of the patients abandon the treatment, the same percentage of other medical and pharmacological treatments.
They also advice other doctors in how to strenghten the adhesión to the treatments, including individualized routines, and helping the patients in choosing the right sport, taking into consideration personal preferences.
Other studies
Apart from these studies from the journal of Psychiatric Practice, there are many studies that support sport practice instead of taking drugs.
Michael Otto, author of the clinical guide Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, say that there are many studies that demostrate the same speed of recovery with sport practice tan taking drugs.
Doctor Otto supports the idea of including physical exercise ne patients treatment, even in the patients that don’t want to move from the sofa because of the depression. They have developed special techniques for these patients.
Otto suggests that there are not many doctors that include even the word “exercise” in the treatment, but these highly medicated people don’t get better. The exercise put you out.
Depression, says the doctor, is a disease that feeds itself. The reclusion makes you not want to go outside and this recluses you more.
All these studies, and all the benefits sport can produce in the brain suggests that exercise can solve most of the mental problems we see today. Drug use only covers the problem and is very expensive for the state and the people.
So if you have depression or you know somebody in this state, search for more information. In sport may be the solution.
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