Let us consider a contrary example from a typical psychiatrist's
office: A client comes in and claims to be suffering from
depression. The psychiatrist, being a medical doctor and therefore
oriented towards medications, as a first line of intervention, would
tell the depressed person that they should take an antidepressant pill.
But research shows us that if a person engages in cardiovascular
exercise for 40 minutes a day, 3 or 4 times a week, for six weeks or
longer, they are exponentially more likely to experience a decrease in
the symptoms associated with major depression than if they take
antidepressant medications.