Antidepressant Drugs and Physical Activity: A Possible Synergism in the Treatment of Major Depression?

Antidepressant Drugs and Physical Activity: A Possible Synergism in the Treatment of Major Depression?

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe mental illness that affects 5–20% of the general population. Current antidepressant drugs exert only a partial clinical efficacy because approximately 30% of depressed patients failed to respond to these drugs and antidepressants produce remission only in...

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Main Authors: Claudia Savia Guerrera, Giovanna Furneri, Margherita Grasso, Giuseppe Caruso, Sabrina Castellano, Filippo Drago, Santo Di Nuovo, Filippo Caraci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
depression
physical activity
stress
affective symptoms
cognition
brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00857/full

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