Research Impact: This 16-week single-arm trial piloted the moderate-intensity resistance exercise training (RET) arm of our ongoing NIMH-funded confirmatory efficacy trial. 10/98 adults screened met SCID criteria for current Major Depressive Disorder. Nine of 10 […]
Research Impact: This ‘go-to’ snapshot review of the landscape of resistance exercise training for anxiety and depressive symptoms and disorders highlights moderate-to-large, potentially clinically meaningful improvements, particularly among those with stronger symptom severity. The article […]
Research Impact: This secondary analysis explored the potential mediating effects of changes in mood states in the relationship between exercise intensity and alcohol cravings among 117 sedentary adults (68.4% female; 52±12y) with clinician-diagnosed Alcohol Use […]
Research Impact: This study quantified associations of weekly accumulated moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) doses with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) among 7,650 older adults across 10 years of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Compared to […]
Wait, can you lift your mood and overall mental health? Yes. The healthful benefits of resistance exercise, or muscle-strengthening exercise involving exerting force against a load, are well-established. However, the psychological effects of resistance exercise […]
Research Impact: The lowest dose of MVPA for protection against depression and the extent to which exceeding this dose conveys additional protection are unknown. We quantified associations between different MVPA doses and depressive symptoms and […]
Research Impact: Elevated depressive symptoms are more often present in those with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) than now; though our previous work highlighted that resistance exercise training (RET) improves depressive symptoms, less is known among […]
Research Impact: The Mental Health of Youth Story (MYSTORY) study is the first known study to explore young people’s perspectives on their voice and involvement in school mental health and suicide prevention. MYSTORY used a […]
Research Impact: How different doses of MVPA may protect against depression remains understudied, particularly among the chronically-ill. Using 10 years of data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, we quantified longitudinal associations between MVPA […]
Research Impact: This secondary analysis investigated potentially optimal acute exercise intensity for reducing state anxiety, the duration of response, and potential influences of depression severity and preferred-intensity exercise. Twenty-four women with MDD who completed five […]
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