著者

保坂 隆

出版者

東海大学

雑誌

東海大学スポーツ医科学雑誌 (ISSN:09153659)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, pp.44-47, 2005-03-31

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Sport psychiatry is relatively a new field of psychiatry which has two perspectives as follows: (1) a clinical application of sport into clinical psychiatry, and (2) an application of clinical psychiatry into sport. In this article, I demonstrate two cases with depressive disorder and anxiety disorder who were successfully treated with aerobic exercise, then discuss clinical applicability of sports/exercises into clinical psychiatry with literature review. Several clinical studies with RCT design have revealed that sports/exercises were effective for depressive disorders as well as pharmacotherapy and cognitive therapy. Similarly, literature review revealed that sports/exercises were effective also for anxiety, although by less well-designed studies. In conclusion, sport therapy is just complementary to traditional therapies such as pharmacotherapy and cognitive therapy for anxiety and/or depressive disorders.