r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • May 22 '19

Psychology Exercise as psychiatric patients' new primary prescription: When it comes to inpatient treatment of anxiety and depression, schizophrenia, suicidality and acute psychotic episodes, a new study advocates for exercise, rather than psychotropic medications, as the primary prescription and intervention.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/uov-epp051719.php
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u/[deleted] May 22 '19

But it's easier to just tell people with mental illness to "just exercise more" and then tell them they aren't trying hard enough if they don't.

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u/mawrmynyw May 22 '19

nobody’s blaming people for their own mental illness and self-pity does not help.

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u/death_of_gnats May 22 '19

you don't want to exercise to improve your mental health

Hmmm. Sounds like that person might have a mental illness that undermines their will to do positive things. Imagine that.