EXSS3049 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Anthropometry, Working Memory, Social Cognition

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Exercise and Sport Science
• Course: EXSS3049
• Professor: Stephen Cobley

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Schizophrenia: increased risk of anxiety, increased crp (c reactive protein) in people with psychosis, people with schizophrenia experience the most sb, then bipolar, then depression. However, this high activity level attenuates (but does not eliminate(cid:524) increased risk with high tv viewing time(cid:499) Study 3: exercise & depression: depression as a diagnosis or a symptom, exercise treats symptoms of depression, depression as a symptom is very common (not necessarily a diagnosis) Pa & preventing depression symptoms: any amount of pa is influential on treating/reducing depression (& symptoms, there is an inverse relationship between pa & follow-up symptoms of depression. 65 -69% reduced risk of depression in adulthood. What interventions do/don"t work: study: depression in non-clinical populations: (cid:498)strong body of evidence that increasing pa in non-clinical populations can reduce depression & anxiety symptoms(cid:499, how we define exercise is important. Interventions that don"t work: over the phone or face-to-face. Interventions that work: trained professionals (reduce drop out & result in longer interventions)