Exercise Reduces Symptoms in Schizophrenia

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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica reports that 31 patients with schizophrenia diagnoses, randomly assigned to 2 hours of exercise weekly for six months, demonstrated a significant improvement in positive and negative symptoms, cardiovascular fitness, and a reduction in depression and need of care when compared with 32 patients assigned to occupational therapy.

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Kermit Cole
Kermit Cole, MFT, founding editor of Mad in America, works in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a couples and family therapist. Inspired by Open Dialogue, he works as part of a team and consults with couples and families that have members identified as patients. His work in residential treatment — largely with severely traumatized and/or "psychotic" clients — led to an appreciation of the power and beauty of systemic philosophy and practice, as the alternative to the prevailing focus on individual pathology. A former film-maker, he has undergraduate and master's degrees in psychology from Harvard University as well as an MFT degree from the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia. Kermit leads workshops and webinars on the role of humor in psychotherapy and other human services. You can reach him at [email protected].

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  1. Heads I win, tails you lose. Positive and negative symptoms. Everything is a symptom. With only the possibility of positive and negative symptoms, the patient is no longer a human being , but an object.

    The patient must be the “correct” temperature at all times, just like a mechanical device.

    “This porridge/patient is too hot!” she exclaimed.

    So, she tasted the porridge from the second bowl.

    “This porridge/patient is too cold,” she said

    So, she tasted the last bowl of porridge.

    “Ahhh, this porridge is just right,” she said happily

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