Exercise Your Way to Health : Depression: Exercise Plans to Improve Your Life

Description

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.

Promotion info

Depression is the 'common cold' of mental health problems (Seligman: 1998) Building on the success of the other books in a proactive health series that aims to help people help themselves to health Easy-to-follow format and well-illustrated exercises make this an ideal guide he emphasis on exercise and understanding help to treat the cause of depression, not just the symptoms

Author description

Debbie Lawrence is the director of Fitness Wales and represents the home counties on the SkillsActive technical expert group. She has 30 years experience in the fitness industry as a tutor and assessor, and is also a qualified counsellor. Jenny Burns is an occupational therapist for the NHS and delivers mental-health first-aid programmes endorsed by MIND.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements Foreword Endorsement Introduction What can I do if I have depression? Part 1: Everything You Need to Know About Depression What is low mood and depression? What puts me at risk of depression? What are the signs and symptoms of depression? How can depression be treated? Part 2: Helping Yourself to Health Exercise! Physical activity Lets get ready Lifestyle focus Part 3: The Exercises Why is exercise important for helping to manage our mood? Before you start! Go outside! In the swim Home exercise Appendix Bibliography Find out more

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781408131824
• Publisher : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
• Imprint : A & C Black Publishers Ltd
• Publication date : April 2011
• Dimensions : 178mm X 111mm X 8mm
• Produced in : United Kingdom
• Availability date : April 2011
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : Colour photography and illustrations throughout
• Pages : 128
• Dewey classification : 616.8527062
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Debbie Lawrence