Meta-analysis: Aerobic exercise for the treatment of anxiety disorders

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-39

  Bartley, Christine A ^a,b   Hay, Madeleine ^b   Bloch, Michael H ^b,c  

^a Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety anxiety disorders; Empirically supported treatments; Exercise; GAD generalized anxiety disorder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; HUMAN; MEDITATION; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACQ; AGORAPHOBIA COGNITIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY/ANXIETY DISORDERS; CBT; CGI; CI; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CPRS; DASS; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC STATISTICAL MANUAL; DSM; EMPIRICALLY SUPPORTED TREATMENTS; EXERCISE; GAD; GAD/GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAM-A; HAMILTON ANXIETY RATING SCALE; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE-SELF REPORT; LSAS-SR; MBSR; MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS REDUCTION; P&A; PANIC & AGORAPHOBIA SCALE; PANIC DISORDER; PARS; PD; PHOBIC AVOIDANCE RATING SCALE; SMD; STAI-TRAIT; STANDARDIZED MEAN DIFFERENCE; STATE-TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TREATMENT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MEDITATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84878362140     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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