Starting from a general literature research of the best practices and entities in the European Union regarding sport, physical exercise and mental health, this tool includes several kinds of practices (therapeutic schemes, campaigns, educational programmes, and studies) that are being carried out in different countries.
search was conducted which covered the whole Europe. A functional approach has been developed towards this goal. Thus, the European Union has been divided in five coherent geographic areas: North, South, West, East and Central.
This tool is addressed not only to professionals (physical therapists, sports professionals, physical activity teachers and monitors, occupational therapists, etc.), but also to all people with mental health problems in order to improve their quality of life and protect their rights, dignity and inclusion through the creation of therapeutic paths able to combine the typical sports training sessions together with psychiatric rehabilitation.
Physical Exercise Practice |
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Helping and engaging homeless people practising physical activity to get better mental and physical healh and to facilitate social inclusion and profesional insertion
Added value: individual and groups workshop. The target groups is homeless people |
The objectives of this systematic review are to analyse the habits of physical activity and examine the literature that has investigated the use of exercise as treatment for schizophrenia
The Target groups are : people suffering from schzizophrenia |
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of IATP‐R on seniors' health status |
The aim of this article is to demonstrate that physical exercise in the psychiatry department contributes to the improvement of the mental health of in-hospital patients.
The target groups are : One hundred and twenty-eight men, mean age: 45.67 years (±13.59) exhibited the following disorders: major depressive disorder (117), anxious disorders (25), alcoholic addiction (85), toxicomania (10), psychotic decompensation (33), bipolar disorder (3) and others (10) |
The objectives of this systematic review are to evaluate the 6MWT's suitability for measuring the impact of an intervention, to compare the 6MWD walked by patients with schizophrenia with data for the general population or matched controls, to identify the determinants of 6MWD and to examine the measurement properties and quality procedures of the 6MWT |
The aim was determine the effectiveness of exercise programmes for people with serious mental illness.
Target groups : Adults with schizophrenia or other types of schizophrenia-like psychosis, schizoaffective disorders, and bipolar affective disorder irrespective of the diagnostic criteria used, age, ethnicity and sex. |
To investigate the treatment effects of exercise compared with other treatments for anxiety disorders |
to promote better mental health, we have produced this pocket guide to show the positive impact that physical activity can have on your own mental wellbeing, including some tips and suggestions to help you get started. |
Aims: To determine the effectiveness of exercise in the treatment of depression. Our secondary outcomes included drop‐outs from exercise and control groups, costs, quality of life and adverse events.
Target groups : Randomised controlled trials in which exercise was compared to standard treatment, no treatment or a placebo treatment in adults (aged 18 and over) with depression
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physical activity (PA) may protect against other mental health disorders, including depression
Target groups : The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large prospective cohort study that assesses the social, economic and health circumstances of community-dwelling adults aged ≥50 years and their partners of any age, living in Ireland |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the cross-sectional associations between self-reported physical activity (PA) and depressive symptoms and status among Irish adults |
The objective of this study was to evaluate a pragmatic educational intervention promoting exercise to a group of patients diagnosed with depression, in a community setting.
Target groups : Thirty-five patients with depression were enrolled |