Researchers have long debated the effect size of exercise on depression. A large study published this year in the journal BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) analyzed outcome data from 218 studies and over 14,000 participants. In this post I review the evidence it presents and recommendations it makes regarding the inclusion of exercise inContinue Reading: Is Exercise An Antidepressant?
The Blame Game
Blaming takes place in three venues. First, we can blame ourselves. Doing so is very common in depression, where we judge ourselves as “bad” and remind ourselves that try as we may we’ll never be as worthwhile as others. A study published this month in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology found that women with PTSD were significantly more likely to experience negative words such as “bad” as referring to themselves than were women in a control group without PTSDContinue Reading: The Blame Game