Major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are severe mental illnesses. Despite
receiving psychopharmacological and psychosocial treatments, about half of patients …

Cognitive deficits are core symptoms in patients with schizophrenia (SZ) and major
depressive disorder (MDD), but specific and approved treatments for cognitive deterioration …

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

Purpose: People with severe mental illness are sedentary, have high cardio-metabolic risks
and significantly reduced life expectancy. Despite considerable data regarding positive …

Background Individuals with serious mental illness are at a higher risk of physical ill health.
Mortality rates are at least twice those of the general population with higher levels of …

Affective and non-affective psychoses are severe and frequent psychiatric disorders.
Amongst others, they not only have a profound impact on affected individuals through their …

Exercise (EX) and physical activity (PA) have been shown to prevent or delay the onset of
several mental disorders and to have therapeutic effects in different groups of psychiatric …

The current review outlines the under-appreciated effects of physical exercise on the course
of psychiatric disorders, focussing on recent findings from animal and human research …

Different aspects of methods (eg, endurance training versus yoga and Tai Chi), length and
dose of the intervention, supervision of patients by sports therapists as well as maintenance …

Introduction Physical activity, conceptualized as any bodily movement that results in energy
expenditure, and its structured form, exercise, play an important role in public health …