ABSTRACT
The Exercise Effect on Mental Health contains the most recent and thorough overview of the links between exercise and mental health, and the underlying mechanisms of the brain. The text will enhance interested clinicians’ and researchers’ understanding of the neurobiological effect of exercise on mental health. Editors Budde and Wegner have compiled a comprehensive review of the ways in which physical activity impacts the neurobiological mechanisms of the most common psychological and psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. This text presents a rigorously evidence-based case for exercise as an inexpensive, time-saving, and highly effective treatment for those suffering from mental illness and distress.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|110 pages
The Benefits of Exercise – a Theoretical Introduction (Mechanisms)
part 2|58 pages
Age-Related Effects of Exercise on Mental Health
part 3|78 pages
Exercise Effects in Cognition and Motor Learning
part 4|162 pages
Sport vs. Exercise and Their Effects on Emotions and Psychological Diseases
part 5|94 pages
Implications for the Health Sector and School