"Exercise Found Effective Against Depression"

[Carl Remick]

[Somebody – I forget who – was roundly denounced on this list a few weeks 
ago for suggesting that exercise might be useful in treating depression.  
Based on the following AP story, I think that person deserves an apology.  
{BTW, Barry Rene DeCicco has voiced frustration several times about LBOers 
posting the entire text of articles rather than just their URLs.  I’m not 
sure what practice to follow, since I believe posting the text itself is 
more convenient for many readers.  At any rate, the following is an excerpt 
only; the whole article can be found at 
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/10/science/10FIT.html}]

Exercise Found Effective Against Depression

By The Associated Press

Washington, Oct. 9 — Exercise works at least as well as a popular 
prescription drug in treating clinical depression and keeping the condition 
from returning, researchers say.

Scientists at Duke University Medical Center tested exercise against the 
drug Zoloft and found the ability of either — or a combination of the two — 
to reduce or eliminate symptoms were about the same. But they found exercise 
seemed to do a better job of keeping symptoms from coming back after the 
depression lifted.

The findings suggest that a modest exercise program "is an effective, robust 
treatment for patients with major depression," said the report in the 
October issue of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.

[end of excerpt]

Carl

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