Moving Towards Wellness: Physical activity practices, perspectives, and preferences of users of outpatient mental health service.

Objective: This study assessed the beliefs, barriers and preferences for physical activity (PA) among users of outpatient mental health (MH) services. Outpatient discussions with MH providers were also evaluated.

Method: Between September-December 2014, patient advisors approached adult and family members in an academic MH clinic's waiting room on high volume patient visit days during peak clinic hours; 83% participated in the survey.

Modified Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Depressed Adolescents: A Pilot Study.

The purpose of the study was to pilot a five-week insomnia treatment in adolescents with major depressive disorder (MDD) and insomnia. This was an open-label trial of a modified-group cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI). Adolescents with MDD ( = 16; mean age = 17.

Effects of Restricted Time in Bed on Antidepressant Treatment Response: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Antidepressant response onset is delayed in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD). This study compared remission rates and time to remission onset for antidepressant medication delivered adjunctively to nightly time in bed (TIB) restriction of 6 hours or 8 hours for the initial 2 weeks.

Methods: Sixty-eight adults with DSM-IV-diagnosed MDD (mean ± SD age = 25.

Exercise for adolescents with depressive disorders: a feasibility study.

Objectives. Adolescence is associated with increased depressive symptoms and decreased aerobic exercise, yet the relationship between exercise and clinical depression among adolescents requires further examination. This study assessed the feasibility of a 12-week intervention designed to increase exercise for adolescents with depressive disorders: Will a teenager with depression exercise? Methods.

Depression and pain in retired professional football players.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms and difficulty with pain in retired professional football players, difficulties with the transition from active athletic competition to retirement, perceptions of barriers to receiving assistance for those difficulties, and recommended programs to provide such assistance.

Methods: Survey sent to 3377 retired members of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), with usable responses received from 1617 members (functional response rate, 48.6%).