![]() Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 1-15. ![]() ![]() Preparing for a physical activity intervention in a secure psychiatric hospital: reflexive insights on entering the field. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 101827. Inpatient perspectives on physical activity in a secure mental health setting. We have recently been awarded for an 18-month project to develop this module into a toolkit for staff and patients to use to effectively engage in physical activity within a secure setting. This module is now compulsory for all new and existing staff at St Andrews Healthcare and has over 900 completions (from 4,200 staff at St Andrews Healthcare). Our work investigating physical activity behaviour and severe mental illness, in collaboration with St Andrew’s Healthcare (a secure psychiatric facility), and via three PhD studentships, has culminated in the development of an evidence-based short online module aimed at ward-based Health Care Assistants to improve attitudes towards, and develop skills for, physical activity promotion on the hospital wards. DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2020.1715812Įngaging people with severe mental illness living in secure settings in physical activity Literature on peer-based community physical activity programmes for mental health service users: A scoping review. We have worked with Mind, the mental health charity, for 7 years evaluating their Sport England and Lottery funded national physical activity programmes ( Get Set to Go and the Sector Support Programmes) aiming to get people with mental health problems into exercise and supporting the sport/ physical activity providers to be equipped with the skills to support and engage people with mental health problems.Īssociated project reports and research outputs: The European Psychiatric Association has argued that there is clear evidence of the benefits of physical activity for improvements to physical health, as well as the prevention and treatment of mild to moderate mental health problems, and as an adjunct treatment for severe mental illness.Īcademic partners for Mind, and their work in the sport and physical activity sector Those with mental health problems are more likely to be obese and have a range of physical health problems such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Whilst both approaches are effective treatments for mental health symptoms, they carry with them some unwanted side effects and do not address the growing physical health problems in this population group. As well as the significant contribution to disease among individuals and their communities and societies, the estimated costs towards improving mental health are more than £105 billion per year within the UK.Ĭurrent treatment for symptoms of mental health problems and severe mental illness largely includes medication and/or psycho-therapy interventions, such as talking therapies or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
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