Association between physical activity and mental disorders among adults in the United States

Physical activity and prevalence and incidence of mental disorders in adolescents and young adults

“…Exercise treatment components have been reported to be valuable not only in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders (Orwin, 1973;Broocks et al 1998 ;Stro¨hle et al 2005) but also in substance use disorders such as alcohol or nicotine dependence (Palmer et al 1988;Russell et al 1988). In addition, cross-sectional studies have repeatedly pointed out the relevance of this association (Goodwin, 2003;Abu-Omar et al 2004 ;Motl et al 2004). These studies were, however, based on less comprehensive psychopathological coverage.…”

Poor Physical Performance Predicts Future Onset of Depression in Elderly People: Progetto Veneto Anziani Longitudinal Study

“…8 Some cross-sectional studies showed a significant relationship between low physical performance and depression. 9,10 However, there is a lack of clarity about these results, due to the cross sectional nature and the directionality of the association, since depression is characterized by fatigue and asthenia, which may themselves lead to a decrease in activity. 11 Other longitudinal studies have reported that low physical performance [11][12][13] is associated with a higher risk of depression in older people suggesting that low physical performance could play a role in the development of depression.…”

Computational Modeling and Analysis of the Role of Physical Activity in Mood Regulation and Depression

“…When mood level is lower than LT prospected mood level, the action will have a lower value and therefore the human is less capable of choosing appropriate situations to increase the physical state. This models the idea that persons with a depression tend to be less physically active [14].…”

“…Physical exercise has a positive influence on mood [4] and can therefore aid in the recovery from a depression [8,13,14,20,10]. Figure 2 shows the mood regulation and depression model with the influences of Exercise Therapy.…”

“…It has been shown that persons who perform a substantial amount of physical exercise suffer from depression less frequently (cf. [14]); therapies based upon physical exercise are reported, for example in (cf. [8,13]) and are found to be probably effective (for meta-analyses e.g.…”