Posted by mtdewcmu on November 28, 2009, at 22:26:39
In reply to Re: Positive Exercise Study, posted by morganator on November 28, 2009, at 22:15:37
> For those that can get themselves to exercise, remember that there are those benefits that us anxiety and depression sufferers may need even more than non sufferers. One is the neurogenesis in the hippocampus that takes place during exercise that is not stressful. Since chronic depression and anxiety can cause neuronal cell death in this and maybe other areas of the brain, exercise should be a priority for the anxiety and depression prone. The other is the obvious cardiovascular benefit. There are studies that show people suffering from chronic depression are more likely to have heart problems as they get older.
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>I can think of a number of possible problems with that study, but I guess I would have to buy the article to really find out how well they avoided the pitfalls. It's interesting that they state that there were "reliably" greater decreases in depression. Presumably reliably does not mean statistically significant, or else they would have said so.
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