A meta‐review of “lifestyle psychiatry”: the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders

There is increasing academic and clinical interest in how "lifestyle factors" traditionally associated with physical health may also relate to mental health and psychological well-being. In response, international and national health bodies are producing guidelines to address health behaviors in the prevention and treatment of mental illness. However, the current evidence for the causal role of lifestyle factors in the onset and prognosis of mental disorders is unclear. We performed a systematic meta-review of the top-tier evidence examining how physical activity, sleep, dietary patterns and tobacco smoking impact on the risk and treatment outcomes across a range of mental disorders. Results from 29…

• NI
  National Institute for Health and Care Research

  Awards: ICA-CL-2017-03-001, APP1123336
• CD
  Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
• CI
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• MR
  Medical Research Council

  Awards: MC_PC_15018, MR/T021780/1, MC_PC_19009
• NH
  National Health and Medical Research Council

  Award: APP1123336