Exercise helps fight depression

Doctors are increasingly prescribed to combat depression exercise, reports the BBC. The poll, conducted by the UK Mental Health Foundation admitted that 22% of the 200 British that the exercise helped them cope with depression. According to employees of the Fund is important that doctors look for other ways to treat depression in patients not only prescribed antidepressants to treat. The study found that exercise can help people with mild forms of depression, increase their sense of self-esteem by improving the condition and appearance of the body, and get rid of isolation from the outside world, which expand and increase depression helps. In return, exercise helps produce hormones endorphins, also known as "happiness hormone". According to Director of the Fund Celia Richardson exercise, can help people to cope with the problems of the physical, social and biological nature. According to the survey, three years ago, 41% of people thought it was an effective tool in the fight against depression, to date, the percentage of people who agree with them, up to 61 More and more people are interested in this way in the fight against depression.