Exercise Helps With Hard-to-Treat Depression

[Harry Hirsute]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular exercise may improve depression symptoms in people who've failed to get better with antidepressant medication, the results of a small study suggest.

Exercise Helps With Hard-to-Treat Depression

[EarlyBird]

Getting some Sunshine frequently also helps do away
w/depression. And, there's NO excuse this time of the
year for not getting Sun.

[just me]

And, there's NO excuse this time of the
year for not getting Sun.

Unless of course you are in south texas and have nothing but rain!!!!

[Harry Hirsute]

Originally Posted by EarlyBird

Getting some Sunshine frequently also helps do away
w/depression. And, there's NO excuse this time of the
year for not getting Sun.

Exercising in the Sun is even better ... as long as you use good judgment.

[bifrost99]

Maybe part of the explanation is that exercise/physical activity causes release of endorphins -- the safe, body-made morphine.

Gerry

[Harry Hirsute]

Originally Posted by bifrost99

Maybe part of the explanation is that exercise/physical activity causes release of endorphins -- the safe, body-made morphine.

Gerry

That's part of it but I think the link below helps to explain another piece of the puzzle.

Exercise has a similar effect to antidepressants on depression. This has been shown by previous research. Now Astrid Bjørnebekk at Karolinska Institutet has explained how this can happen: exercise stimulates the production of new brain cells.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-est062807.php