Background: Exercise interventions are efficacious in reducing cardiometabolic risk and
improving symptoms in people with severe mental illness, yet evidence guiding the …

Mental Health: An Exercise and Sports Science Australia Commissioned Review. JEPonline
2013; 16 (4): 64-73. Mental disorders are common, and they are a significant contributor to …

Background Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) among people with severe mental illness
(SMI)(ie, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder) is a critical clinical …

Physical disorders are, compared to the general population, more prevalent in people with
severe mental illness (SMI). Although this excess morbidity and mortality is largely due to …

Purpose People with severe mental illness (SMI) experience poor physical health and
premature mortality, contributed significantly by modifiable lifestyle risk factors such as poor …

Objective: To determine effects of physical activity on depressive symptoms (primary
objective), symptoms of schizophrenia, anthropometric measures, aerobic capacity, and …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Individuals with a severe mental illness
(SMI) are less physically active and have a lower life expectancy than the general …

Persons with severe mental illness have a 10-to-20-year shorter life span than the general
public. Excess morbidity and mortality in this patient population has been described as a …

BACKGROUND Physical exercise is an underutilized tool for the management of mental
disorders. New technologies have made a breakthrough in health care, and one of its …

The current high prevalence of people with Severe Mental Disorder and the high impact the
latter has on their quality of life is one of the main problems in terms of health, as it affects …