Simon Rosenbaum

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Epistemic dignity

I wrote an essay on this important book for @thelancet.com: Do Less Harm: Ethical Questions for Health Historians, edited by Courtney Thompson & Kylie Smith

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Lifestyle interventions must become a core part of mental health care - InSight+ Australians living with severe mental illness continue to die around 15 years earlier than the general population. The majority of this gap is driven not by suicide but by preventable physical health ...

The evidence is clear. Lifestyle interventions... can reduce psychiatric symptoms, improve physical health, and extend life expectancy. The task before us is no longer to prove efficacy, but to embed these interventions into the core of mental health care.

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The gaze reversed: global health through local eyes Seye Abimbola's The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health takes a kaleidoscopic view of the effects of outsider visions and imaginaries on the recipients, contexts, and places that hold attention in g...

The gaze reversed: global health through local eyes

@thirushanaidu.bsky.social reviews @seyeabimbola.bsky.social’s book in @thelancet.com

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Now published in the Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology!

In this brief review, we summarise high-level evidence regarding physical activity and mental health, both from a prevention and treatment view for clinical exercise professionals.

📄 Paper: lnkd.in/g-K-Uuih

It was nice to see @lancetgh.bsky.social editors wrote an editorial in the issue of the journal featuring our article.

They committed to being "mindful of these expectations in all work that we evaluate".

Restoring dignity to the marginalised as sovereign knowers: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The 2nd Motion Impacts Emotion conference hosted by the AB Korkor Foundation for Mental Health is on September 27 and 28, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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The Lancet Psychiatry Commission marks a shift: from “why lifestyle interventions?” to “how do we deliver them fairly & sustainably in mental health care?” 🚴‍♀️🥦 Equity, Global South voices & lived experience are at the centre.

Free here:

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Implementing lifestyle interventions in mental health care: third report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission The physical health disparities experienced by people who live with mental illness are well documented. This population group has cardiometabolic risks and diseases at rates 1·4–2·0 times higher than ...

Our new Lancet Psychiatry Commision into physical health in mental health settings is out now!

We move the conversation from “do lifestyle programs work?” to “how do we make them part of core mental health care?”—w/ equity & real-world implementation central

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Bold ideas to create an equal future

Brilliant closing panel of the @lifecoursecentre.bsky.social conference chaired by @alyssacmilton.bsky.social

How can sport promote adolescent mental health? A qualitative study from the rural plains of Nepal Sport holds potential to deliver adolescent mental health promotion, which is particularly important in low resource settings where there is high burd…

💬 What makes sport protective for adolescent mental health?

How sport is delivered matters.

1️⃣ Involve adolescents & caregivers
2️⃣ Engage with social determinants
3️⃣ Strengthen coping skills
4️⃣ Create inclusive environments
5️⃣ Challenge harmful gender norms

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Great to see the results of my Master's trial published in Age & Ageing!

Our program was delivered through Facebook to older adults with lifestyle education, eHealth falls prevention (StandingTall) and tailored exercise prescribed by Exercise Physiologists.

Read the paper here 👉 lnkd.in/gY3SYuqT

USAID's mental health work can and must live on The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in early 2025 severely curtailed US global health initiatives, with disastrous effects potentially resulting in millio...

USAID's mental health work can and must live on

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Where does sport fit within mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)?

When designed and delivered with intention, it can play a meaningful role across the entire system of support.

@gulsahkurt.bsky.social
@peterventevogel.bsky.social

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Are you an Australian Mental Health Professional and have 5-10min?

We aim to understand how to promote physical activity in mental healthcare, so your contribution would be greatly appreciated!

Link 👉 lnkd.in/gtr-FrNW

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@gulsahkurt.bsky.social

From camp to clinic: how movement is reshaping mental health care approaches

Thanks @aipscience.bsky.social for putting this together.

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Proud to share our new publication in BJSM, which comes just after we celebrated 2,000 exercise sessions delivered through Addi Moves—a trauma-informed, community-based physical activity program co-designed with and for people experiencing social and economic disadvantage.

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Multi-component interventions combining psychotherapy and physical activity for children and young peoples’ mental health: A scoping review Multi-component mental health interventions, combining psychotherapy and physical activity (PA), have shown potential with adult populations, but their use with children and young people (CYP) remains...

Multi-component interventions combining psychotherapy and physical activity for children and young peoples’ mental health: A scoping review

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How to centre mental health in displacement What lessons can be learned from Lebanon’s displacement crisis?

The need for mental health and psychosocial support during and after displacement crises is crystal clear, but it often gets “thrown to the bottom of the barrel” in aid responses.

Physical Activity and Meaning in Life: A Scoping Review - Journal of Happiness Studies Journal of Happiness Studies - Meaning in life is a key concept in positive psychology and has received increasing attention in recent years. This study aimed to provide an overview of the...

What’s the link between moving our bodies & meaning in life?

New scoping review of 34 studies (N=>100k) finds consistent, small, positive association in both directions. PA might help us make sense of life, and a sense of meaning might help us stay active.

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Moving forward: The relationship between physical activity and post-deployment outcomes

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The evolution of sports psychiatry: a clinical intersection of mental health and physical activity Long before the term ‘sports psychiatry’ was first introduced nearly 40 years ago,1 2 clinicians and academics recognised the critical role of mental and brain health in sports. For example, Jokl and ...

The evolution of sports psychiatry: a clinical intersection of mental health and physical activity

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The missing link in the NCD agenda: girls and young women remain overlooked An update to the original 2016 Commission, this second iteration of The Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing presents crucial data on the challenges faced by adolescents and shares a c...

The missing link in the NCD agenda: girls and young women remain overlooked

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Exploring barriers and facilitators to physical activity participation and food security among the Rohingya community living in Australia: a socio-ecological perspective - BMC Public Health Introduction Many Rohingya people from Myanmar have sought refuge and resettled in Australia due to persecution and genocide. Like many people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds who resettle i...

New from NExuS team led @gracemckeon.bsky.social

We explored physical activity & food security in Australia’s Rohingya community

Visa insecurity and gender shaped access and motivation.

Health promotion must tackle structural drivers.

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Excellent meta-review of #exercise.
🔑 limitation reflecting common scepticism in #mentalhealthcare is summed up here:

“Most studies do not reflect real-world circumstances, with resources, staffing and less complex disorder severity of participants that are not representative for everyday contexts”

The efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in mental disorders: a meta‐review of outcomes, neurobiology and key determinants Research examining physical activity interventions for mental disorders has grown exponentially in the past decade. At this critical juncture, there is a need to synthesize the best evidence to guide...

Our new meta-review in World Psychiatry

Efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity in the treatment of mental disorders

Led by Prof Vancampfort, we reviewed 256 RCTs including 12,233 individuals

@brendonstubbs.bsky.social
@peterventevogel.bsky.social

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Evidence of physical deconditioning during psychiatric hospitalization in a veteran sample Prior observations of low physical activity in psychiatric inpatient care suggest a risk of physical deconditioning, but to date no studies have expli…

Evidence of physical deconditioning during psychiatric hospitalization in a veteran sample

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Can moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) programs support the mental health and wellbeing of (the 1 in 3) women who have experienced gender-based violence?

We synthesised the evidence here:

ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Brilliantly led by Thea Baker!

@srosenbaum.bsky.social

Are lifestyle-based interventions aligned w @who.int guidance mental health policy?
📘5 modules:
👉 lnkd.in/gNyYKBQt

Takeaways (Module 2):

Lifestyle interventions are rights-affirming & core to dignity, autonomy, and recovery📍2.2

Lay providers, physio's, EPs, coaches can be part of MH workforce📍3.1

@simon

Our new paper on the association and impact of understudied psychosocial factors on physical activity levels among women in the Australian WATCH longitudinal study is out today! 🎉

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Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health Achieving gender justice in global health—which we define as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender equality, while also addressing the drivers of gen...

Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health

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