James Blumenthal
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James Blumenthal
conclusion exercise maintain patients persist respond risk seems smaller
The important conclusion is that the effectiveness of exercise seems to persist over time, and that patients who respond well to exercise and maintain their exercise have a much smaller risk of relapsing,
duration exercise exercising matter people seem seemed whether
duration of exercise didn't seem to matter -- what seemed to matter most was whether people were exercising or not.
obvious unexpected
This was an unexpected finding. There is no obvious explanation.
effective exercise group major patients performed reducing seems showing standard studies symptoms
What the studies are showing is that exercise, at least when performed in a group setting, seems to be at least as effective as standard antidepressant medications in reducing symptoms in patients with major depression,