Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Nursing

Title

My Side Walking Tall: A Person with Schizophrenia on a Journey to Better Health

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2006

Abstract

Recent pharmacological advances have improved quality of life for many people with schizophrenia, but the use of these medications also puts people with this disease at great risk for obesity and its associated comorbidities. Although the health benefits and low cost of exercise interventions are well known, providing such interventions to people with schizophrenia presents many challenges for clinicians.

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