Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Exercise Interventions for Mental Health
DESCRIPTION
- Exercise is empirically supported as an adjuvant to treatment as usual, and in some cases as first-line treatment for disorders of mental health.
- Exercise has shown efficacy in reducing symptom severity, increasing quality of life, increasing physical health, and reducing physical comorbidities of disorders of mental health.
- The approach may be tailored to the patient based on personal preference and the form of exercise most likely to be tolerated.
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Last updated: November 11, 2025
Citation
Gary, Joseph, et al. "Exercise Interventions for Mental Health." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2025. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787374/2/Exercise_Interventions_for_Mental_Health.
Gary J, Bray MJ, Collica SC, Peters ME, Tamashiro KL. Exercise Interventions for Mental Health. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787374/2/Exercise_Interventions_for_Mental_Health. Accessed November 20, 2025.
Gary, J., Bray, M. J., Collica, S. C., Peters, M. E., & Tamashiro, K. L. (2025). Exercise Interventions for Mental Health. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787374/2/Exercise_Interventions_for_Mental_Health
Gary J, Bray MJ, Collica SC, Peters ME, Tamashiro KL. Exercise Interventions for Mental Health [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. [cited 2025 November 20]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787374/2/Exercise_Interventions_for_Mental_Health.
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