Exercise for the Management of Anxiety and Stress-Related Disorders

Exercise-Based Interventions for Mental Illness: Physical Activity as Part of Clinical Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 19-52

  Herring, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Exercise training; Generalized anxiety disorder; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Panic disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073941556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-812605-9.00002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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