The Role of Physical Exercise in Cognitive Preservation: A Systematic Review.

Dementia, or major neurocognitive disorder, is one of the most common causes of disability and dependency in older adults with far-reaching social, physical, and economic impacts. In the absence of adequate treatment, much research has been directed towards prevention. Physical exercise has been shown to increase cerebral blood flow, amplify production of neurotrophic factors, and enhance brain volume.

The Association Between Well-Being and Empathy in Medical Residents: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

To evaluate the extent to which personal well-being may be associated with empathy, while controlling for potential confounders. Residency programs throughout the United States. A total of 407 medical residents from residencies including general medicine, surgery, specialized and diagnostic medicine participated in this study.

The Future of Yoga for Mental Health Care.

Yoga is an integrated holistic system originating in India that provides a path to alleviate physical, mental, and emotional suffering. Interest in the application of yoga in health care to manage and treat psychiatric conditions has grown. While research and clinical interventions using yoga show promising results for improving mental and emotional well-being, more data are needed.

Inspire self report scale (ISRS): A feasibility study of a Novel self report scale for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Clinician-rated symptom scales are the current standard for outcome measures in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) research. There has been growing interest in the development of self-report measures for people with SSD to support measurement-based care and inclusive research. We developed the Inspire Self Report Scale (ISRS), which measures the current magnitude of well-being, mood symptoms, psychosis, negative symptoms and cognition using 10 questions on a Likert or Visual analogue scale (VAS).

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health and Training in US Professional Endurance Athletes.

Objective: We examined how professional athletes are affected by COVID-19. Our primary aim was to assess changes in mental health that occurred after COVID-19 restrictions, and our secondary aim was to assess changes in exercise volume and intensity.

Design: Cross-sectional study.