Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Can physical activity improve the mental health of older adults? | Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry BioMed Central Review Open Access Can physical activity improve the mental health of older adults Nicola T Lautenschlager1 Osvaldo P Almeida1 Leon Flicker2 and Aleksandar Janca 1 Address 1School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences University of Western Australia Perth Australia and 2School of Medicine and Pharmacology University of Western Australia Perth Australia Email NicolaT Lautenschlager - nicolal@ Osvaldo P Almeida - osvalm@ Leon Flicker - Aleksandar Janca - ajanca@ Corresponding author Published 29 June 2004 Received 22 June 2004 Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2004 3 12 doi l475-2832-3-l 2 Accepted 29 June 2004 This article is available from http content 3 l l2 2004 Lautenschlager et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract The world population is aging rapidly. Whilst this dramatic demographic change is a desirable and welcome phenomenon particularly in view of people s increasing longevity it s social financial and health consequences can not be ignored. In addition to an increase of many age related physical illnesses this demographic change will also lead to an increase of a number of mental health problems in older adults and in particular of dementia and depression. Therefore any health promotion approach that could facilitate introduction of effective primary secondary and even tertiary prevention strategies in old age psychiatry would be of significant importance. This paper explores physical activity as one of possible health promotion strategies and evaluates the existing evidence that supports its positive effect on cognitive impairment and depression in later life. .
