Efficacy of physical activity in the adjunctive treatment of major depressive disorders: preliminary results
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. in Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health
- Vol. 3 (1), 8
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-0179-3-8
Abstract
No controlled trials have evaluated the long term efficacy of exercise activity to improve the treatment of patients with Major Depressive Disorders. The aim of the present study was to confirm the efficacy of the adjunctive physical activity in the treatment of major depressive disorders, with a long term follow up (8 months).Keywords
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