Exercise as an intervention for first-episode psychosis: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Exercise can improve psychiatric symptoms, neurocognitive functioning and physical health in schizophrenia. However, the effects in early psychosis have not been explored. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of an exercise intervention for early psychosis and to determine if it was associated with changes in physical and mental health.

Methods

Thirty-one patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) were recruited from early intervention services to a 10-week exercise intervention. The intervention group received individualized training programmes, aiming to achieve ≥90 min of moderate-to-vigorous activity each week, using exercise programmes tailored to individual preferences and needs. A comparison FEP sample from the same services (n = 7) received treatment as us

SUBMITTER: Firth J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001796 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature