Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Workbook

Michael W. Otto; Jasper A. J. Smits

Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Workbook

Michael W. Otto and Jasper A. J. Smits

Abstract

Designed to be used in conjunction with clinical visits, this workbook helps patients plan an exercise program and provides strategies for following through with exercise goals. The workbook is structured to help prevent mood disturbances from blocking the very activities that can help patients feel better. During the course of this program, situational factors are introduced that have been shown to interfere with establishing a successful exercise routine. With therapist guidance, patients learn how to overcome these factors, as well as how to organize the environment so that exercise is successful and rewarding. In addition to information on how to start and maintain an exercise program, this workbook comes complete with worksheets and logs for scheduling and tracking physical activity. Strategies for managing thinking patterns are also provided to help boost motivation and break through barriers to exercise.

Keywords: mood and anxiety disorders, exercise, mood disturbances, situational factors, depression, thinking patterns, cognitive-behavioral therapy, CBT

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Jun 2009

Print ISBN-13:: 9780195382266

Published online:: Apr 2015

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780195382266.001.0001

Authors

Michael W. Otto, author Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, MA, USA

Jasper A. J. Smits, author Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety Research and Treatment Program, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA

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date: 31 March 2020

Exercise for Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Workbook

Michael W. Otto and Jasper A. J. Smits

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