Exercise More Effective Than Antidepressants for Mental Health Problems

For those with mental health problems, exercise can be more effective than antidepressants.

As a Zumba instructor, Karen Bedford might be expected to rave about what she teaches. But Karen has a more personal motive, for she believes exercise helped her recover from a decade-long battle with depression.

Where antidepressants failed, Zumba succeeded. 'Since Zumba became part of my life my mental state's been more stable and I haven't needed the pills,' says Karen, 49, who has two grown-up children. Read more