Resources

Research on Exercise and Mental Health

Walk and Talk Therapy – WebMD – Exercise is good for the body and the mind. It may also improve psychotherapy sessions.

NRP Shots – Why exercise may do a teenage mind good.

About.com – Walking for your mind and spirit.

BBC News – Walking could be a useful tool in treating depression.

NY TIMES – How exercise can calm anxiety.

Prevention – Drug-free plan to improve your mood.

Brainblogger – Exercise for depression; a gold standard therapy.

Huffington Post – How to put your Monster Anxiety on a Diet

http://shar.es/ibK0E – Forget about wonder drugs, a spate of new research shows that exercising today is the key to staying sharp tomorrow.

NY TIMES – Hollywoods new stars – pedestrians.

 

Book Recommendations:

Spark, The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John Ratey, MD

Helping Your Troubled Teen by Cynthia Kaplan, PhD, Blaise Aguirre, MD, Michael Rater, MD

Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind by Kristin Neff, PhD

Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach

 

Hotlines:

 

Acute Psychiatric Services 612-873-3161

Hennepin County Crisis Adult 612-596-1223

Hennepin County Mobile Crisis-Child 612-348-2233

Suicide Hotline 612-873-2222

Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741

 

Websites:

www.ted.com/talks/nilofer_merchant_got_a_meeting_take_a_walk.html

www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html

www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes.html

http://marc.ucla.edu – UCLA Center for Mindfulness, guided meditations

www.nami.org – Resources for mental health support

www.walkwithadoc.org

 

Phone Apps

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Smiling Mind

 

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