title: [Physical exercise among psychiatric patients: physical and mental effects].
abstract: Physical activity is an important aspect of good health for everyone, and is even more important for psychiatric patients who usually live an unhealthy lifestyle, and take medications that tend to reinforce the metabolic syndrome. This article presents research dealing with the efficacy of physical activity in treating different psychiatric problems from the medical-physiological aspect, as well as from the psychological aspect. It is advised that physicians and mental health professionals should ask and encourage patients to participate in regular physical activity.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry B. Department, Nes-Tsiona Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv University.
authors.forename: Pazit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leibovich
authors.forename: Iulian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iancu
mesh_terms: D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008603:Mental Health; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation