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Should we be targeting exercise as a routine mental health intervention?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Michael Berk*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences – Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia ORYGEN Youth Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mental Health Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Professor Michael Berk, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne Swanston Centre – Barwon Health PO Box 281 Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. Tel: +61 3 5226 7450; Fax: +61 3 5246 5165; E-mail: mikebe@barwonhealth.org.au

Abstract

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Intervention Insights
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Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard

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