Exercise your way to health: Depression: Exercise plans to improve your life - Softcover

Lawrence, Debbie; Burns, Jenny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140813182X ISBN 13: 9781408131824

Publisher: A&C Black, 2011

Synopsis

Depression is hugely common in our society. The Mental Health Foundation believes that 1 in 4 people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, with mixed anxiety and depression being the most common. It affects 1 in 5 older people living in the community and 2 in 5 in care homes (MHF). This means that a staggering amount of people are having to deal with its devastating fallout at home, work and in retirement each year.

However, evidence shows that a supervised programme of exercise can be as effective as antidepressants in treating mild or moderate depression (Mental Health Foundation/Mind). The link between exercise and mental wellbeing is a key part of recovery, and this user-friendly book is there to show the way.

As with all the titles in the Exercise Your Way to Health series, the book contains a series of well-illustrated exercises specifically designed to combat depression and its physical side effects. Taking into account the prevalence of depression and the well-documented link between exercise and mental health, this is a timely publication, and one that will help many people regain control of their lives.

About this title

About the Authors

Debbie Lawrence is a consultant and writer for the health and fitness industry and has over 30 years' experience as a fitness professional and educator. She is a qualified integrative counselor, a student of yoga and has a special interest in mental health and well-being. She has written a number of qualification and training resources for some of the leading awarding and training organisations in the sector, including: CYQ, The Open University, Active IQ, Yfit, VTCT and EDI.

Jenny Burns is an occupational therapist for the NHS and delivers mental-health first-aid programmes endorsed by MIND.

Edition details

• Publisher: A&C Black
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140813182X
• ISBN 13: 9781408131824
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128