Mental Health and Physical Activity

Papers
(The TQCC of Mental Health and Physical Activity is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Enhancing firefighters' mental health with exercise: Evaluating the effects of a 7-week long physical activity intervention on burnout and other well-being related constructs24
An integrative overview of physical activity for people with opioid use disorder20
Is higher physical activity behaviour associated with less subsequent use of any psychotropic medication: Results of a random-effects meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies19
Factors that influence the implementation of “sit less, move more” interventions in an outpatient mental health care setting16
Potentials and pitfalls of peer support: Experiences and recommendations for peer supported physical activity programmes for mental health service users16
The relationship between device-measured movement behaviors and optimal mental health in Chinese youth: A compositional data analysis15
Mental well-being and physical activity of young people experiencing homelessness before and during COVID-19 lockdown: A longitudinal study15
Aerobic exercise after extinction learning reduces return of fear and enhances memory of items encoded during extinction learning14
Does occupation moderate the association between domain-based physical activity and depressive symptoms?14
Editorial Board13
Mental health, yoga, and other holistic movement practices: A relationship worth investigating13
Effect of acute exercise on cognitive flexibility: Role of baseline cognitive performance13
Exploring the public health potential of RED January, a social media campaign supporting physical activity in the community for mental health: A qualitative study12
Physical activity interventions for young people with increased risk of problematic substance use: A systematic review including different intervention formats11
The complex and dynamic interplay between self-esteem, belongingness and physical activity in daily life: An experience sampling study in adolescence and young adulthood11
High-intensity interval training in individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled pilot trial11
Associations between objectively measured sedentary behavior patterns and depressive symptoms in older adults: A cross sectional study11
Identification of relevant mental health indicators for European community-based health enhancing physical activity initiatives: An adapted Delphi study10
Examining the (lack of) evidence on physical activity for paternal postnatal depression: A call to action10
Physical activity as an adjuvant therapy for depression and influence on peripheral inflammatory markers: A randomized clinical trial10
Associations between daily step count trajectories and clinical outcomes among adults with comorbid obesity and depression9
Thriving families: The feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a multi-component physical literacy program for children with neurodevelopmental, emotional, or behavioural problems9
Effects of an exercise theory-based intervention program on craving during the early stage of adults' SUD treatment9
The within-person bidirectional association between physical activity and loneliness in the daily lives of adolescents and young adults9
Physical activity and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A twin study9
Green exercise versus indoor urban exercise: Related frontal brain thickness and cognitive performance9
Physical activity resources and programming for substance use treatment in U.S. residential treatment programs9
Effects of acute aerobic exercise with different intensities on cerebral dopamine/norepinephine/serotonin metabolites and executive-related oculomotor control in individuals with Parkinson's disease8
Associations of physical activity and sedentary time with craving and mental health in individuals with alcohol use disorder8
24-Hour movement behaviors among visually impaired US children and adolescents8
Interventions to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in severe mental ill health: How effective are they?’- A systematic review7
Effects of combining physical activity with mindfulness on mental health and wellbeing: Systematic review of complex interventions7
Longitudinal associations of subjectively-measured physical activity and screen time with cognitive development in young children7
Capoeira and Brain Function: Hypotheses and Perspectives from a Systematic Review7
Context matters: A review of reviews examining the effects of contextual factors in physical activity interventions on mental health and wellbeing7
The effect of replacing sedentary behaviour with different intensities of physical activity on depression: A meta-analysis of isotemporal substitution studies7
The role of physical exercise on the brain and cognitive functions of patients in recovery from substance use disorder: A narrative review and recommendations for researchers and practitioners7
Associations between changes in physical fitness and psychological difficulties status among Norwegian adolescents7
The association between well-being and a large variation of accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sedentary behavior measures6
Association between lifestyle behaviors and depression in 90.846 Brazilian adults: A cluster analysis6
Relationships between components of the 24-hour activity cycle and feelings of energy and fatigue in college students: A systematic review6
An examination of the reciprocal associations between physical activity and anxiety, depressive symptoms, and sleep quality during the first 9 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium6
Interrupting sitting with moderate-intensity physical activity breaks improves inhibitory control in adults with overweight and obesity: Findings from the SITLess pilot randomized crossover trial6
Tai Chi and Qigong for trauma exposed populations: A systematic review6
Promoting mental health in children and adolescents with disabilities through school-based physical activity intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic6
Editorial Board6
Effects of a 6-week at-home exercise intervention on psychological and physical indicators of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Secondary analysis of a pragmatic randomized trial6
“You can't take a pill to exercise” – Qualitative findings from the Toward Exercise as Medicine for Adolescents with bipolar disorder (TEAM-BD) study5
One-year follow-up of a primary care-based 12-week exercise intervention for adults with anxiety disorders5
Golf as a physical activity to improve walking speed and cognition in older adults: A non-randomized, pre-post, pilot study5
Editorial Board5
Running toward substance use recovery: Does delay discounting mediate the relationship between physical activity and quality of life?5
Examining the longitudinal effect of depressive symptoms on physical activity in persons with type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic5
Domains matter: Cross-sectional associations between mental well-being and domain specific physical activity and sedentary behaviour in n=31,818 adults in Scotland5
Use of physical activity as a coping strategy mediates the association between adolescent team sports participation and emerging adult mental health5
The momentary relationship between physical activity behaviour and mental well-being of vocational education and training students5
“Triggered by the sound of other runners”: An exploration of parkrun mentions in mental health hospital records in the UK5
The benefits of physical exercise on state anxiety: Exploring possible mechanisms5
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