People with severe mental disorders report significantly poorer physical health and a higher
mortality rate compared with the general population. Several interventions have been …

Physical activity is a modifiable risk factor for several physical and mental health conditions.
It is well established that people with severe mental illness have increased risk of physical …

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

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 …

In response to growing evidence of the therapeutic benefits of physical activity for people
with serious mental illness (SMI), the Bristol Active Life Project (BALP) was developed to …

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 …

Introduction: People with severe mental disorders have a mortality rate that is more than two
times higher than the general population, with at least a decade of potential years of life lost …

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 …

Introduction: A new Swiss teaching aid—“Sport without Borders: People with Psychiatric
disorders”—was published at the end of 2020 and then evaluated six months later. The main …

Along the growing interest toward physical activity among people with serious mental
illness, researchers faced new challenges such as the initiation, increase, and maintenance …