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Exercise prescription for people with mental illness: an evaluation of mental health professionals’ knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and behaviors
- Source :
- Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry v.42 n.3 2020, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online), Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP), instacron:ABP, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Issue: ahead, Published: 21 FEB 2020, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 271-277, Published: 21 FEB 2020
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, 2020.
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Abstract
- Objective: The aim of this study was to understand the knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and behaviors of mental health professionals about physical activity and exercise for people with mental illness. Methods: The Portuguese version of The Exercise in Mental Illness Questionnaire was used to assess knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and behaviors about exercise prescription for people with mental illness in a sample of 73 mental health professionals (68.5% women, mean age = 37.0 years) from 10 Psychosocial Care Units (Centros de Atenção Psicossocial) in Porto Alegre and Canoas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Results: Most of respondents had received no formal training in exercise prescription. Exercise ranked fifth as the most important treatment, and most of the sample never or occasionally prescribed exercise. The most frequently reported barriers were lack of training in physical activity and exercise prescription and social stigma related to mental illness. Professionals who themselves met recommended physical activity levels found fewer barriers to prescribing physical activity and did so with greater frequency. Conclusion: Exercise is underrated and underused as a treatment. It is necessary to include physical activity and exercise training in mental health curricula. Physically active professionals are more likely to prescribe exercise and are less likely to encounter barriers to doing so. Interventions to increase physical activity levels among mental health professionals are necessary to decrease barriers to and increase the prescription of physical activity and exercise for mental health patients.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Social stigma
Health Personnel
barriers
Culture
Social Stigma
education
Psychological intervention
RC435-571
Physical exercise
psychosocial support center
Neuropsychological Tests
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
physical exercise
Surveys and Questionnaires
health professionals
medicine
Humans
Medical prescription
Psychiatry
Exercise
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Mental illness
medicine.disease
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
Exercise Therapy
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Original Article
Female
business
Exercise prescription
Psychosocial
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry v.42 n.3 2020, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online), Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP), instacron:ABP, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Issue: ahead, Published: 21 FEB 2020, Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, Volume: 42, Issue: 3, Pages: 271-277, Published: 21 FEB 2020
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....35330a19852a7795defa267543b2c91e