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Exercise should be ‘core treatment’ for depression – study (www.standard.co.uk)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Exercise should be a “core treatment” for people with depression, academics have said, after a new study suggested that some forms of exercise were just as good as therapy and even better than anti-depressants.

Walking, jogging, yoga and strength training appeared to be more effective than other types of exercises, according to a major new analysis.

And the more vigorous the exercise, the better, according to a research team led by academics in Australia.

But even low intensity exercises such as walking and yoga had meaningful benefit.

The effect of exercise appeared superior to antidepressants, according to the study which has been published in The BMJ.

But when exercise was combined with antidepressants, this improved the effect of the drugs.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Really living up to your namesake there cause judging by that comment you're dense as fuck.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's fucking reality bro.

There isn't going to be a miracle cure. If exercise rant really does treat depression effectively, and someone won't exercise... what the fuck else is supposed to happen?

If you don't go to your cancer treatment cause you're too tired from previous treatment.... I guess you don't get treated.

Do you want people to come pick up depressed individuals and start moving their arms for them??

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No one takes you seriously because you sound incredibly ignorant. My guess is this how you are with everything.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whiner

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Loser

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I hope one day you get help and you learn to love others.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

The fucking reality is you don't know what you are talking about. You don't know depression, you never had it so kindly stfu when talking about a sickness you know exactly zero about.