Implementation of a Budo group therapy for psychiatric in- and outpatients: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physical exercise has been shown to have numerous health benefits on co-morbid somatic conditions in psychiatry and can also enhance mental health. Thus, it is not difficult to recommend physical training programs as part of an integrated and holistic treatment approach for mental health disorders. However, getting patients to participate and keeping them engaged is a major challenge. Programs based on martial arts training could be interventions improving physical and mental health with higher attachment rates. The structured discipline, holistic approach integrating physical and mental elements, and empowering activities, may explain higher participant attachment rates.

Methods

Thus, the main objective of this feasibility study is to describe a newly establish

SUBMITTER: Singh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873915 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature