EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON THE INCIDENCE OF MENTAL DISORDERS

Abstract

The research addresses a topic of great relevance to the area of ​​public health by problematizing the relationship between physical activity and the incidence of mental disorders. Its general objective is to systematize the effects recorded in scientific literature on the incidence of physical activity in prevention and as a therapeutic resource for cases of mental disorders. This is a bibliographic research, of an integrative review type, carried out in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), in which the expressions physical activity and mental disorders were used, in isolation and in combination, in the search for all indexes. The results indicate a positive impact of physical activity on the mental health of the samples studied. Regarding the parameters for administering this practice, studies, in general, converge on the assumption that any amount of physical activity is better than none, but in some studies the specification of moderate to vigorous physical activities prevails to obtain effective benefits. It concludes on the pressing importance of combating a sedentary lifestyle to gradually promote progress towards reliable parameters of physical activity that result in undeniable gains for mental health.