{"id":7350,"date":"2023-09-14T06:46:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=7350"},"modified":"2023-09-14T06:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T13:46:30","slug":"qa-physical-activity-is-an-effective-intervention-for-mental-health-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/09\/14\/qa-physical-activity-is-an-effective-intervention-for-mental-health-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: Physical activity is &#8216;an effective intervention for mental health conditions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7350\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Emma Bascom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Physical activity was associated with improvements in mental health conditions compared with usual care, and primary care physicians should discuss the benefits of it with their patients, according to researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ben Singh, PhD,\u00a0<\/strong>a research fellow at the University of South Australia, and colleagues conducted an umbrella review to synthesize the evidence on the impacts of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/primary-care\/20230721\/qa-as-little-as-20-minutes-of-daily-exercise-linked-to-43-lower-odds-of-depression\" target=\"_blank\">physical activity on symptoms of anxiety, depression<\/a>\u00a0and psychological distress among adults. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/primary-care\/20230803\/qa-physical-activity-is-an-effective-intervention-for-mental-health-conditions?utm_source=selligent&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=news\">Read the full story<\/a> in Healio. <\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"7350\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Emma Bascom Physical activity was associated with improvements in mental health conditions compared with usual care, and primary care physicians should discuss the benefits of it with their &hellip; 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