Activity Boosts Mood in Adults with Bipolar Disorder

Orange County, CA - January 4th, 2019 -   Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder, is described as dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels that affect a person’s ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), bipolar disorder affects 5.7 million American adults.

Depression is even more common, both in the United States and around the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reports that roughly 8 percent of people over the age of 20 in the U.S. have depression. The World Health Organization (WHO) describes 300 million people living with depression, the "leading cause of disability worldwide."

Researchers from the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD, found that increased physical activity improves mood and energy levels for those living with the condition.

Activity Boosts Mood in Adults with Bipolar Disorder

The team requested for 242 participants aged 15-84, to wear activity tracking devices and keep electronic diaries of their mood and energy throughout two weeks. Study leader Vadim Zipunnikov, Ph.D., accounted for each participants’ daily routine and designated four-time points throughout the day, which was once in the morning, at lunch, at dinner, and at bedtime.

The results found that more physical activity during any one of these time points correlated with better mood and higher energy levels at the following time point throughout the day. The subgroup of 54 participants who had bipolar disorder had the most substantial beneficial effects.

"Systems regulating sleep, motor activity, and mood have typically been studied independently. This work demonstrates the importance of examining these systems jointly rather than in isolation. “This study exemplifies the potential for combining the use of physical-activity trackers and electronic diaries to better understand the complex dynamic interrelationships among multiple systems in a real-time and real-life context,” Zipunnikov says.

Researchers state that examining sleep, physical activity, mood, and energy all at the same time is highly significant for people with bipolar disorder because both sleep and exercise influenced the participants' psychological well-being.

The findings are published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Funding for the study came from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Activity Boosts Mood in Adults with Bipolar Disorder Orange County, CA – January 4th, 2019 –   Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive disorder, is described as dramatic shifts in mood, energy, and activity levels that affect a person’s ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), bipolar disorder affects […]