Walking away the blues: Exercise for depression in older adults

Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 33-36

  Dang, Michelle T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78149329820     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000389023.26136.b3     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. National Institute of Mental Health. Depression. Revised 2008. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/depression/nimhdepression.pdf.
2. Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Older Americans 2010: key indicators of well-being. http://www.agingstats.gov.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2010. Suicide. Facts at a glance. http://www.cdc. gov/violenceprevention/pdf/Suicide-DataSheet-a.pdf.
4. Unützer J. Clinical practice. Late-life depression. N Engl J Med. 2007;357(22):2269-2276.
5. Conner KO, Copeland VC, Grote NK, et al. Mental health treatment seeking among older adults with depression: the impact of stigma and race. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010;18(6):531-543.
6. Barbour KA, Blumenthal JA. Exercise training and depression in older adults. Neurobiol Aging. 2005;26(suppl 1):119-123.
7. Blumenthal JA, Babyak MA, Moore KA, et al. Effects of exercise training on older patients with major depression. Arch Intern Med. 1999;159(19):2349- 2356.
8. Singh NA, Clements KM, Singh MA. The efficacy of exercise as a long-term antidepressant in elderly subjects: a randomized, controlled trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001;56(8):M497-M504.
9. aan het Rot M, Collins KA, Fitterline HL. Physical exercise and depression. Mt Sinai J Med. 2009;76(2):204-214.
10. Nelson ME, Rejeski WJ, Blair SN, et al. Physical activity and public health in older adults: recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007;39(8):1435-1445.
11. FamilyDoctor.org. Exercise and seniors. Updated 2009. http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/seniors/staying/754.html.
12. Bowman AM. Promoting safe exercise and foot care for clients with type 2 diabetes. Can Nurse. 2008;104(2):23-27.
13. American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM Fit Society. Summer 2006. http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search§ion= 20065&template=CM/contentDisplay.cfm&ContentFileID=797.
14. Barbour KA, Edenfield TM, Blumenthal JA. Exercise as a treatment for depression and other psychiatric disorders. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2007;27(6):359-367.
15. Angelucci F, Brenè S, Mathé AA. BDNF in schizophrenia, depression and corresponding animal models. Mol Psychiatry. 2005;10(4):345-352.