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Effects of exercise-based interventions in severe mental illness: a feasibility study

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  1. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA

    Forest Ogunyankin, Heathman Nichols & Sohee Park

  2. Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Peter Falkai

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Ogunyankin, F., Nichols, H., Park, S. et al. Effects of exercise-based interventions in severe mental illness: a feasibility study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 269, 621–622 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-018-0864-8

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