NomNom@feddit.uk to News@lemmy.world · 8 days agoExercise is as effective as medication in treating depression, study findswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down18
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoExplain the flaws you find in their methodology, please. Research that exercise helps depression has been steadily coming out for like 20 years at least.
minus-squareobvs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days ago Research that exercise helps depression has been steadily coming out for like 20 years at least. " as effective as medication" No one said that it didn’t provide benefit. Just that it doesn’t provide as much benefit as medication.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago20 might be a bit hyperbolic, but it was about 16 years ago that my shrink gave me a printout of a study showing it. You also have to remember that being better than medication long term is not a high bar to clear, statistically, especially for SSRIs.
Explain the flaws you find in their methodology, please.
Research that exercise helps depression has been steadily coming out for like 20 years at least.
" as effective as medication"
No one said that it didn’t provide benefit. Just that it doesn’t provide as much benefit as medication.
20 might be a bit hyperbolic, but it was about 16 years ago that my shrink gave me a printout of a study showing it.
You also have to remember that being better than medication long term is not a high bar to clear, statistically, especially for SSRIs.