Exercise your way to health Exercise plans to improve your life

You must be logged in to access this title.

Sign up now

Already a member? Log in

Synopsis

Depression is hugely common in our society. The Mental Health Foundation believes that 1 in 4 people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, with mixed anxiety and depression being the most common. It affects 1 in 5 older people living in the community and 2 in 5 in care homes (MHF). This means that a staggering amount of people are having to deal with its devastating fallout at home, work and in retirement each year. However, evidence shows that a supervised programme of exercise can be as effective as antidepressants in treating mild or moderate depression (Mental Health Foundation / MIND). The link between exercise and mental wellbeing is a key part of recovery, and this user-friendly book is there to show the way. As with all the titles in the Exercise Your Way to Health series, the book contains a series of well-illustrated exercises specifically designed to combat depression and its physical side effects. Taking into account the prevalence of depression and the well-documented link between exercise and mental health, this is a timely publication, and one that will help many people regain control of their lives.

Book details

Series:
Exercise Your Way to Health
Author:
Debbie Lawrence, Jenny Burns
ISBN:
9781408165171
Related ISBNs:
9781408131824, 9781408131824
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
128
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-10-15
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2014
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Psychology