Swim with dolphins to fix depression :)
Oct 29, 2008
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Hey guys
Here is a fun little study.
Researchers founds that swimming with dolphins can reduce depressive symptoms more effectively than swimming alone. Okay now before you all jump in the ocean, let look at the numbers. The researchers ONLY studied 30 patients with MILD to MODERATE depression. All of the patients stopped their antidepressant medications or psychotherapy for at least four weeks before the study.
The results: 9 out of 10 patients who swam and interacted with dolphins stated improvement in their symptoms.
Now I wouldn’t take this study to mean an end to depression as we know it but it is interesting that a simple thing like interaction can improve one’s symptoms so much!
Reference: BMJ, November 26, 2005






