Month: June 2021

Experts: Exercise Should be Prescribed for Depression

A new report recommends that for people with depression, exercise should be prescribed and monitored for the first 12 weeks, just as physical therapy would be for an injury. That conclusion was part of a recent report by researchers at the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation. The report summarizes data from over 1,100 studies, […]

How Exercise Combats Anxiety and Depression

You’ve probably heard people say that exercise is good for your mental health. But the benefits of exercise go beyond just having you “feel better.” Exercise actually changes your brain. A recent article on Quartz by psychiatrist and neuroscientist Arash Javanbakht examines how exercise alters the brain. Javanbakht says regular exercise, especially cardio, does, in […]