This article reviews the use of exercise as a therapeutic and adjunctive intervenion in the prevention of weight gain, obesity, and metabolic consequences in multiple populations with psychiatric illnesses. The purpose was to identify he current state of the science for the use of exercise as a psychiatric nursing intervention, as well as the gaps and methodological issues in current studies. To do this, research and review articles published between 1998 and 2010 were reviewed
Individuals with chronic mental illness have historically had lower life expectancy than those without mental illness and have a long history of lack of access to physical and mental health care(S.Brown, Birtwistle, Roe, & Thompson, 1999). Although much national effort is being put into health promotion and disease prevention among adults in general, psychiatric nurses often neglect to mention healthy alternative treatments, such as physical activity and strength training, to their clients. Healthy People 2010