Background: Physical activity significantly improves mental illness symptoms and physical
health for people living with mental illness. Mental health services do not routinely provide …

Background Burnout and compassion fatigue (CF) are common among mental health
practitioners. Accredited Exercise Physiologists (AEPs) provide clinical services to …

Severe mental illness refers to a group of disorders that significantly impair a person's
psychosocial functioning. Psychosocial functioning is a person's ability to engage in …

Background: Physical activity interventions can confer a range of physical and mental health
benefits among young people with mental disorders. In some contexts, such as Ireland …

This dissertation examined how exercise can influence culture change for staff working
within mental health settings to address the health disparities of people with mental illness …

In April 2019, a submission for funding was made to the Sláintecare Integration Fund (2019)
to establish the 'Exercise Effect'project, including an independent evaluation of the project …

Purpose Physical activity is increasingly recognised as critical to improving physical and
mental health (MH). Understanding the education and training requirements of exercise …

This chapter explains the mental-health, mental-illness continuum. It describes the key
characteristics associated with various categories of mental disorders. The benefits of …

This phenomenologically based study explores the connections between strength training,
substance use disorder, and relapse prevention from the perspectives of nine participants …

Objective: Post-secondary campuses provide students with a range of physical activity
resources and programs. Despite the wide-ranging and accessible nature of on-campus …