ABSTRACT
This text is an effort to summarize and synthesize the existing research dealing with the influence of physical activity on mental health, as well as the potential mechanisms underlying psychological effects. Contributions from some of the leading experts in the field deal with mental health through prevention, exercise prescription, exercise adherence, drug therapy and exercise, the influence of physical activity on depression, anxiety, and self-esteem, and the paradoxical effects of excessive amounts of exercise.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|90 pages
General Principles
part Two|70 pages
Psychological Responses to Physical Activity
part Three|72 pages
Hypothesized Mechanisms