Exercise as an add-on strategy for the treatment of major depressive disorder: A systematic review

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 496-508

  Mura, Gioia ^a   Moro, Maria Francesca ^a   Patten, Scott B ^b   Carta, Mauro G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjunction therapy; Antidepressants; Depression; Depressive disorder; Exercise; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; SERTRALINE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANAEROBIC EXERCISE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK RAFAELSEN MELANCHOLY SCALE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CHOICE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84912098988     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852913000953     Document Type: Review

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