Progress and Review of Physical Therapies for Mental Illness

· Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA
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Depression is a kind of affective disorder with a series of symptoms, such as significant and persistent depression, loss of pleasure, lack of motivation and so on (1). It has the characteristics of high prevalence rate, high suicide rate, high recurrence rate and high disability rate. Data show that as of February 2017, the global prevalence rate of depression has reached 4.4%, the lifetime prevalence rate is 16%, and the number of patients is as high as 322 million. The World Health Organization points out that depression will become the second leading cause of death and disability by 2020 (2), so the treatment of depression has become a hot and difficult issue in psychiatric clinic.

About the author

Professor, chief of science and Education Department of Ningbo Kangning hospital / Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Ningbo University

Deputy director of Ningbo Key Laboratory of sleep medicine

Member of stress neurobiology branch of Chinese society of Neuroscience

Vice president, chief physician, master tutor.of Ningbo Kangning hospital

The Member of the Standing Committee of psychological counselors, psychosomatic medicine, sexual mental health and cognitive behavioral therapy of Chinese Mental Health Association.

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