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Exercise and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a disorder associated with poor health outcomes including high rates of cardio-metabolic disease. Exercise and physical activity more broadly offer substantial promise as a feasible and effective component of care. Evidence to date demonstrates that exercise can improve both the physical and mental health of people with PTSD. Exercise should be included in the treatment of PTSD, across the spectrum from inpatients receiving treatment for severe PTSD, to trauma-exposed individuals living in the community with sub-syndromal symptomatology.

Simon Rosenbaum is funded by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (APP1123336) & a UNSW Sydney Scientia Fellowship

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  3. Physiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ, London, UK

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Rosenbaum, S., Stubbs, B., Schuch, F., Vancampfort, D. (2017). Exercise and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In: Fuchs, R., Gerber, M. (eds) Handbuch Stressregulation und Sport. Springer Reference Psychologie . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49411-0_16-1

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  • Print ISBN: 978-3-662-49411-0

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