{"id":2487,"date":"2023-05-03T23:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T23:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2023-05-03T23:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T23:24:50","slug":"exercise-can-prevent-and-treat-mental-health-problems-and-taking-it-outside-may-add-another-boost-to-those-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2487","title":{"rendered":"Exercise can prevent and treat mental health problems, and taking it outside may add another boost to those benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mental health problems affect\u00a0one in five people every year. The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that by the age of 40, about half of people will either have had a mental illness or will currently be dealing with one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Behavioral therapy and medications\u00a0are common first options for treatment. However, research has shown the importance of exercise in not only preventing\u00a0mental illness, but also treating it. And when exercise is taken outdoors, the benefits can be even greater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mental illnesses\u00a0include depression, addictions and anxiety, as well as personality disorders. Of these, anxiety and depression are the most common, with\u00a0depression being the leading cause of disability worldwide. Left untreated, these diseases can result in\u00a0physical illness\u00a0and premature death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2023-05-mental-health-problems-boost-benefits.html\">Medical Xpress<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health problems affect\u00a0one in five people every year. The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that by the age of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2487\/revisions\/2489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}