Background Physical activity (PA) interventions can improve mental and physical health of
people with mental illness, especially when delivered by qualified exercise professionals …

Introduction To date, concrete recommendations for physical activity in psychiatric
treatments are limited. Thus, we evaluated knowledge, barriers and beliefs associated with …

Background: Physical activity (PA) significantly improves physical health and clinical
symptoms across mental disorders. Accredited Exercise Physiologists (AEPs) are trained to …

Background: People with mental disorders engage in sedentary behaviors more often than
their healthy counterparts. In Switzerland, nearly all psychiatric hospitals offer structured …

Background Regular physical activity comes with multiple benefits for physical but also
mental health and can be a pivotal element in the prevention and treatment of mental …

Individuals with a severe mental illness are at an increased risk of failing to meet physical
activity guidelines. This study aimed to identify and describe the influence of a physical …

Background: Students' yearly visits to university counseling centers have increased,
concurrent with an increase in diagnosed anxiety and depression. Physical activity (PA) has …

Objective This study assessed the beliefs, barriers and preferences for physical activity (PA)
among users of outpatient mental health (MH) services. Outpatient discussions with MH …

Objectives It has been suggested that taking physical activity (PA) preferences into account
would facilitate PA initiation and maintenance in people with serious mental illness. The …

Introduction Physical activity (PA) can play an important role in improving the mental and
physical health in patients with mental disorders but is not well studied in this population …