Mandatory physical exercise for the prevention of mental illness in medical students

Mental Illness

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Bitonte, Robert A ^a   DeSanto, Donald Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Medical student; Mental illness; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM;

EID: 84925636628     PISSN: 20367457     EISSN: 20367465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/mi.2014.5549     Document Type: Article

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