Physical Activity and Mental Health

Herausgeber: Morgan, William P

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text is an effort to summarize and synthesize the existing research dealing with the influence of physical activity on mental health, as well as the potential mechanisms underlying psychological effects. Contributions from some of the leading experts in the field deal with mental health through prevention, exercise prescription, exercise adherence, drug therapy and exercise, the influence of physical activity on depression, anxiety, and self-esteem, and the paradoxical effects of excessive amounts of exercise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781560323655
• ISBN-10: 1560323655
• Artikelnr.: 21909901

Autorenporträt

William P. Morgan

Inhaltsangabe

One: General Principles
1: Methodological Considerations
2: Prevention of Sedentary Lifestyles: Rationale and Methods
3: Exercise Prescription
4: Adherence to Physical Activity
5: Drug Therapy and Physical Activity
Two: Psychological Responses to Physical Activity
6: Antidepressant Effects of Physical Activity
7: Anxiolytic Effects of Physical Activity
8: Physical Activity and Self-Esteem
9: Overtraining and Staleness
Three: Hypothesized Mechanisms
10: The Endorphin Hypothesis
11: The Serotonin Hypothesis
12: The Norepinephrine Hypothesis
13: The Thermogenic Hypothesis
14: Conclusion: State of the Field and Future Research