The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

J Firth, N Siddiqi, AI Koyanagi, D Siskind… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background The poor physical health of people with mental illness is a multifaceted,
transdiagnostic, and global problem. People with mental illness have an increased risk of …

Motivating factors and barriers towards exercise in severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Firth, S Rosenbaum, B Stubbs, P Gorczynski… - Psychological …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Exercise can improve clinical outcomes in people with severe mental illness (SMI).
However, this population typically engages in low levels of physical activity with poor …

Aerobic exercise improves cognitive functioning in people with schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Firth, B Stubbs, S Rosenbaum… - Schizophrenia …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive deficits are pervasive among people with schizophrenia and treatment options are
limited. There has been an increased interest in the neurocognitive benefits of exercise, but …

How much physical activity do people with schizophrenia engage in? A systematic review, comparative meta-analysis and meta-regression

B Stubbs, J Firth, A Berry, FB Schuch… - Schizophrenia …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Physical activity (PA) improves health outcomes in people with schizophrenia. It is
unclear how much PA people with schizophrenia undertake and what influences PA …

In-and outpatient lifestyle interventions on diet and exercise and their effect on physical and psychological health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

B Fernández-Abascal, P Suárez-Pinilla… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Patients with non-affective psychosis often lead unhealthy lifestyles. We performed a
systematic review and meta-analysis on non-pharmacological RCTs for improvement of diet …

Effects of aerobic exercise on metabolic syndrome, cardiorespiratory fitness, and symptoms in schizophrenia include decreased mortality

A Schmitt, I Maurus, MJ Rossner, A Röh… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence of about 1%.
People with schizophrenia have a 4-fold higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome than the …

Grip strength is associated with cognitive performance in schizophrenia and the general population: a UK biobank study of 476559 participants

J Firth, B Stubbs, D Vancampfort, JA Firth… - Schizophrenia …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Handgrip strength may provide an easily-administered marker of cognitive
functional status. However, further population-scale research examining relationships …

The effect of exercise on global, social, daily living and occupational functioning in people living with schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

N Korman, R Stanton, A Vecchio, J Chapman… - Schizophrenia …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Schizophrenia is associated with high rates of global, social and occupational
functional impairments. While prior meta-analyses have extensively examined the impact of …

Exercise intervention in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: benefits to fitness, symptoms, hippocampal volumes, and functional connectivity

KSF Damme, T Gupta, I Ristanovic, D Kimhy… - Schizophrenia …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Hypothesis Individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-p)
are less fit than nonclinical peers and show hippocampal abnormalities that relate to clinical …

Sources of distress in first-episode psychosis: a systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis

R Griffiths, W Mansell, D Edge… - Qualitative health …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we aim to increase our understanding of the self-reported sources of distress
among people who have experienced first-episode psychosis. Following a systematic …