Why Inpatient Mental Health Care Needs an Exercise Program

Exercise is rarely implemented into inpatient mental health care programs. This video examines the research as to why this is and how exercise can improve mental health care.

Disclaimer:
Nothing in this video is medical advice

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Benefits of exercise
02:49 Exercise vs. Medication and Therapy
05:36 Barriers to Exercise Being Implemented into Inpatient Mental Health Care
09:01 Trend in Poor Mental Health
10:36 Conclusion

Citations:

Reported improvement in mental health from exercise
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2164956119848657

Effects of exercise compared medication and therapy
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/18/1203?rss=1

Rate of antidepressant usage
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db377.htm

Commonality of exercise
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db443.htm#:~:text=In%202020%2C%2024.2%25%20of%20adults,for%20both%20men%20and%20women.

People who take antidepressants report feeling emotionally numb
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4970636/

Long-term effects of antidepressants
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0265928

Barriers to implementing inpatient programs
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/inm.13302#:~:text=A%20growing%20body%20of%20evidence,Stanton%20%26%20Happell%2C%202014).

Walking in a blue room
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935120307076

Adolescent mental health
https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/recent-trends-in-mental-health-and-substance-use-concerns-among-adolescents/

Rates of mental illness among adolescents
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2789946?guestAccessKey=41fde697-e79f-411c-bed3-743faeb63055&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=031422

Rate of mental illness among adults
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt35323/NSDUHDetailedTabs2020v25/NSDUHDetailedTabs2020v25/NSDUHDetTabsSect10pe2020.htm