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Depression is the most common mental illness in Canada. In particular, young adult women experience a higher rate of depression than at any other period across the lifespan and the rate of depression in women aged 18-24 years is at least two times higher than the rate in men in the same age group. Medication and/or talking therapies are the front-line treatment strategies for depression. However, many people do not seek treatment, or wait too long to receive treatment.
Health professionals can never fully meet the need for treatment in mental health care and thus it’s also useful to look at other strategies that could reach a broader population who can’t access therapy or prefer not to use medication. One alternative strategy may be exercise.
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