Episode 3: Movement and Monitoring - Wellcome Whatever Works #ActiveIngredientsMH

Can physical activity prevent or treat youth anxiety or depression?How can remote measurement technologies help with youth mental health?

In this half hour panel discussion, Dr Alan Bailey (Melbourne, Australia), Fiyory Ghezae, and Dr Annie Walsh (London/Birmingham) explore the links between physical activity, exercise and good mental health, and consider the future possibilities of wearable technology as a way to monitor our physical activity and physiology and self-manage our mental health.

00:48 Introductions02:08 What is physical activity?03:05 Is exercise good for our mental health?03:51 Can physical activity help to prevent mental illness?04:58 Can physical activity treat youth depression or anxiety?06:13 How can we promote physical activity to youth?11:58 Does physical activity have any adverse effects?13:28 Do we know why physical activity helps people with depression?16:54 What are remote measurement technologies?18:30 What does your work tell us about remote measurement technologies?23:28 Is mental health research always playing catch up?

Watch the video version of this show on the Mental Elf YouTube channel.

Find out more about Wellcome Mental Health: https://wellcome.org/what-we-do/mental-health Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.