A Pilot Evaluation of the In SHAPE Individualized Health Promotion Intervention for Adults with Mental Illness

This pilot study examined whether participation in the individualized, community-integrated In SHAPE health promotion program would result in improved physical activity and dietary behaviors, health indicators, and psychological functioning or symptoms in 76 adults with schizophrenia, bipolar disord...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2010-12, Vol.46 (6), p.540-552
Main Authors: Van Citters, Aricca D., Pratt, Sarah I., Jue, Kenneth, Williams, Gail, Miller, Patricia T., Xie, Haiyi, Bartels, Stephen J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affective Illness
Alternative Approaches
Antipsychotics
Behavior modification
Biological and medical sciences
Bipolar affective disorder
Blood pressure
Body Mass Index
Clinical outcomes
Community and Environmental Psychology
Community health care
Community Health Services - methods
Counseling
Depression (Psychology)
Diabetes
Diet
Exercise
Feeding Behavior
Female
Fitness
Health Education
Health promotion
Health Promotion - methods
Humans
Individualized
Intervention
Life Style
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - complications
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental Illness
Middle Aged
New Hampshire
Nutrition research
Obesity
Original Paper
Overweight
Participation
Personal Satisfaction
Physical Fitness
Pilot Projects
Pilot studies
Prevention. Health policy. Planification
Prospective Studies
Psychiatric research
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotropic drugs
Quality of life
Satisfaction
Schizophrenia
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Symptoms
Weight control
Wellness programs
Young Adult
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Summary:This pilot study examined whether participation in the individualized, community-integrated In SHAPE health promotion program would result in improved physical activity and dietary behaviors, health indicators, and psychological functioning or symptoms in 76 adults with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, or other mental disorders. Over a 9-month period, participation was associated with increased exercise, vigorous activity, and leisurely walking ( P  
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-009-9272-x