Today the problems related to mental health have worsened dramatically, several studies made in this regard. According to statistics, mental illness have a high incidence in adults. Many of these problems are directly related to stress, anxiety and depression.
Psychotherapy is supplemented with medication most commonly used traditional methods to address these problems. However, these treatments can have long periods of time and the medication used generally has undesirable side effects.
A non-traditional techniques is physical exercise and sport. Exercising can become an effective second-line treatment for patients with depression who have been cured with drugs, say scientists at the Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center of Texas in collaboration with the Cooper Institute of Dallas in an investigation four years, which is published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Similarly, other researchers have come to the conclusion that exercise is an important factor for the onset of symptoms of depression. In addition, exercise and sports can be an excellent alternative to aid in treatment with traditional therapies.
For many of these experts, moderate exercise provides a benefit equal to the emotional level of vigorous exercise, with the latter produces an opposite effect on many people by increasing the tension, fatigue and problems of character.
Scientists say there is a relationship between increased physical activity and decreased level of depression. It has been shown that "mental functioning is a physiological and you can not disconnect from the physical and social functioning ..." (WHO, 1993).
Therefore, the benefits to exercise include:
• Reduction of anxiety
• Reduction of depression and neurosis
• Reduce stress levels
• Helps in the treatment of severe depression
• psychological benefits everyone
As we can see, physical activity produces a remarkable mental and psychological improvement, leading to improved self-esteem and benefiting physical problems such as hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis and various psychiatric disorders.
