中文新聞網址
https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=430519&from=y
英文新聞網址
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45487187
研究發表的期刊:
British Medical Journal Case Reports(BMJ Case Reports)
Open water swimming as a treatment for major depressive disorder
Christoffer van Tulleken, Michael Tipton, Heather Massey, C Mark Harper
BMJ Case Reports 2018:published online 21 August 2018,
doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-225007
Summary:
A 24-year-old woman with symptoms of major depressive disorder and anxiety
had been treated for the condition since the age of 17. Symptoms were
resistant to fluoxetine and then citalopram. Following the birth of her
daughter, she wanted to be medication-free and symptom-free. A programme of
weekly open (cold) water swimming was trialled. This led to an immediate
improvement in mood following each swim and a sustained and gradual reduction
in symptoms of depression, and consequently a reduction in, and then
cessation of, medication. On follow-up a year later, she remains
medication-free.