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Exercise has grown in popularity over the past two decades in the USA as well as around the world. But one can assert that as the exercise industry has grown and the number of exercise facilities have increased in the USA so have rates of depression, anxiety and other mental health diseases. In an effort to provide services to patients suffering from affective conditions such as anxiety and depression, researchers have implemented innovative exercise programs as a treatment modality to treat depression and anxiety. In the following chapter, the authors review the scientific literature examining exercise as an intervention to treat behavioral health disorders. Moreover, the chapter expands the model of exercise as a behavioral health intervention and offers suggestions for integrating exercise into the primary care setting.
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Reinhart, E., Keller, M., James, L. (2017). Exercise as a Behavioral Health Intervention in Primary Care Settings. In: O'Donohue, W., James, L., Snipes, C. (eds) Practical Strategies and Tools to Promote Treatment Engagement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49206-3_16
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