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Exercise for treating depression
The effect of exercise on suicide in people with depression
BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q609 (Published 12 March 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;384:q609
- Nicholas T Fabiano, psychiatry resident physician
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- nfabi026{at}uottawa.ca
Noetel and colleagues have conducted an important network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials on the effect of exercise for depression.1 They concluded that exercise is an effective treatment for depression, with the antidepressant effects being proportional to the intensity of exercise. Further, specific modalities of exercise such as jogging, strength training, walking, and yoga were found to be more …
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