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Effect of Exercise on Anxiety and Depression
ISSN: 2617 - 9482
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Effect of Exercise on Anxiety and Depression
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Publisher: Bahria University Medical And Dental College
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Abstract
The phrase, sound mind in a sound body was at firstused by Homer in ancient Greece1. Today anxiety anddepression have become one of the most commondisorders, not only in the developed world but also inPakistan. They represent a significant component of theglobal burden of disease, and are proposed to becomethe second most common cause of disability by 20202.Research on depression and anxiety has shown thatphysical exercise is a newer modality to improve moodand decrease anxiety. For mild to moderate depression,the effect of exercise parallels psychotherapy as well aspharmacotherapy. Even for severe depression, exerciseappears to be a valued adjuvant therapy to the conven-tional medical treatment
