Taking salsa classes can improve mental health, Oxford study suggests
Researchers find dance reduced depressive symptoms and social anxiety in young people in eight-week trial
Salsa classes improve mental health (Oxford Study)
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Improvement can be possible in an eight-week trial, which is the optimistic phase. But I would expect it to decline in the longer run when people start facing the severe problems of improving and guys start realizing the girls much prefer to dance with the more advanced guys.
Article is here, but I didn't find too much substance there on what they mean by salsa classes, besides that one needs to attend 6 weeks out of 8.
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If you can see it, let me know, otherwise it's just guessing.
My guess is that, if depressed person gets some light cardio, mobility, social structure, and company at least once a week, it will help a lot. It will help with most kinds of sickness that I know of.
What was interesting that control group - which was promised salsa classes 12 weeks later - got worsening of social anhedonia over first 8 weeks.
The effects of a salsa dance intervention in young people with mild to moderately severe depressive symptoms | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
The effects of a salsa dance intervention in young people with mild to moderately severe depressive symptoms - Volume 56
If you can see it, let me know, otherwise it's just guessing.
My guess is that, if depressed person gets some light cardio, mobility, social structure, and company at least once a week, it will help a lot. It will help with most kinds of sickness that I know of.
What was interesting that control group - which was promised salsa classes 12 weeks later - got worsening of social anhedonia over first 8 weeks.