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, 2026, 'Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Preventive Services for Chronic Diseases Among People From Bangladeshi and Nepalese Backgrounds Living in Sydney', Health Expectations an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy, 29, pp. e70644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.70644
, 2026, 'Role of exercise physiologists in mental health support and recovery: 2026 Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Consensus Statement', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 60, pp. 568 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110879
, 2026, 'Immediate Psychological Responses to Aerobic and Resistance Exercise in People With Psychotic Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Psychiatric Rehabilitation', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbag012
, 2026, 'Goal Setting in Exercise and Physical Activity: An Expert Statement on Behalf of Exercise and Sports Science Australia', Sports Medicine, 56, pp. 619 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02373-5
, 2026, 'Mental health, coping and related risk factors during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in children: Nationally representative, multi-wave, cross-sectional results from 12 countries from the global COH-FIT study', European Neuropsychopharmacology, 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.112741
, 2026, 'Social determinants of depression and anxiety symptoms in undergraduate university students in Australia; Findings from The UNIversity student’s LIFEstyle and Mental Health Study (UNILIFE-M)', Mental Health and Prevention, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2025.200471
, 2026, 'Is It the Sport or the Exercise? Rethinking Sport-Specific Mental Health Interventions.', J Integr Complement Med, pp. 27683605261426296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/27683605261426296
, 2026, 'Embedding physical activity in community mental healthcare: lessons from the Community in Motion programme.', Br J Sports Med, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-111466
, 2026, '‘Violent sports’ for women victim-survivors of intimate partner violence', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 29, pp. 125 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2025.09.016
, 2026, 'S16-3: An International Consensus on the Most Effective, Impactful, and Feasible Strategies for Physical Activity Implementation in Inpatient Services. A Nominal Group Technique', Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 5, pp. 291 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.33607/bjshs.v5isupplement.2060
, 2026, 'UNIversity students' LIFEstyle behaviours and Mental health cohort (UNILIFE-M): study protocol of a multicentre, prospective cohort study', BMJ Open, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085006
, 2026, 'Who are we leaving behind? Mobilising exercise professionals to improve mental health and social equity', Translational Exercise Biomedicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/teb-2025-0031
, 2026, 'Drawing strength: evaluating the Tidda Talk programme through comparative body mapping with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women', Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health, 18, pp. 53 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2025.2527772
, 2026, 'Integrating Physical Activity Into Routine Psychiatric Care: A Review', JAMA Psychiatry, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.0026
, 2026, 'Prevalence of multimorbidity in individuals with symptoms of substance use disorders and its association to physical activity and sedentary time', Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2025-0176
, 2026, 'Supporting Staff To Address the Physical Health of Consumers in Mental Healthcare Settings: A Modified Nominal Group Technique', Community Mental Health Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-025-01589-z
, 2025, 'Perceived Social Support Among Older Adults Residing in the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh', Health and Social Care in the Community, 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/hsc/1601865
, 2025, 'Clinical mental health supervision in a humanitarian context in LMICs: PEACE model for community engagement', Research Involvement and Engagement, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40900-025-00722-2
, 2025, 'Exploring barriers and facilitators to physical activity participation and food security among the Rohingya community living in Australia: a socio-ecological perspective', BMC Public Health, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22749-6
, 2025, 'Targeting mental health and wellbeing in women who have experienced gender-based violence through moderate-vigorous physical activity: a systematic review', International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-025-01735-6
, 2025, 'Lifestyle psychiatry: A conceptual framework for application in mental healthcare and support', BMJ Mental Health, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjment-2025-301980
, 2025, 'Brief Digital Interventions for Psychological Distress: An AI-Enhanced Response-Adaptive Randomized Clinical Trial', JAMA Network Open, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.40502
, 2025, 'Implementing sport and physical activity across each layer of the mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) pyramid for populations affected by displacement', Mental Health and Physical Activity, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2025.100701
, 2025, 'The localisation of humanitarian response to conflict and displacement: a scoping review from a health systems perspective', BMJ Global Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018331
, 2025, 'Contextualising person-centred mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services: A qualitative study of the preferences and experiences of displaced Syrians in Northwest Syria and TÜrkiye', Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2025.10058
, 2025, 'Holistic prevention and management of physical health side-effects of psychotropic medication: second report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission', Lancet Psychiatry, 12, pp. 673 - 699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00162-2
, 2025, 'Implementing lifestyle interventions in mental health care: third report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission', Lancet Psychiatry, 12, pp. 700 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00170-1
, 2025, 'Muscling Up on Mental Illness: A Review on Physical Activity in Mental Health Care', Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology, 14, pp. 85 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.31189/CEPH-25-00002
, 2025, 'A culturally sensitive act-belong-commit-based school intervention reduces the burden of anxiety and depression in adolescents: A pilot cluster-randomized trial from Uganda', Journal of Affective Disorders, 382, pp. 399 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.04.128
, 2025, 'Readiness of Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapists and Other Allied Health Professionals to Respond to Gender-Based Violence: A Mixed-Methods Study', Violence Against Women, 31, pp. 2730 - 2754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012241257245
, 2025, 'Testing the role of online group-based supervision for local humanitarian workers following a crisis: A mixed-methods longitudinal study', Plos Global Public Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004635
, 2025, 'Half a Century of Research for Mind–Body Interventions: A Scientometric Analysis', Mindfulness, 16, pp. 1765 - 1779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02592-x
, 2025, 'MovingTogether: a randomised controlled trial of a mental-health-informed, digital health promotion intervention for older adults', Age and Ageing, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf190
, 2025, 'The association and impact of psychological and social factors on physical activity levels amongst women in the Australian WATCH longitudinal study', Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102844
, 2025, 'Longitudinal study of open goals in physical activity promotion: Protocol for 'Open to Move'', BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-002621
, 2025, 'Priorities and opportunities for lifestyle psychiatry: consensus from the LifePsych Society', World Psychiatry, 24, pp. 277 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.21325
, 2025, 'The efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in mental disorders: a meta-review of outcomes, neurobiology and key determinants', World Psychiatry, 24, pp. 227 - 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wps.21314
, 2025, 'A sport-for-protection program reduces anxiety and depression in youth affected by displacement: A randomized controlled trial of the Game Connect program in Uganda', Journal of Affective Disorders, 376, pp. 84 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.02.001
, 2025, 'Development of Australian mental health guidelines for community sport', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 59, pp. 659 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2024-108749
, 2025, 'Collaborative Outcomes Study on Health and Functioning During Infection Times (COH-FIT): Global and Risk-Group Stratified Course of Well-Being and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Adolescents', Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 64, pp. 499 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.932
, 2025, 'Exercise as a transdiagnostic intervention for improving mental health: An umbrella review', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 184, pp. 91 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.02.024
, 2025, 'Visa Status, Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Farsi/Dari Speaking Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Sydney, Australia', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70032
, 2025, 'Health Care Professionals’ Promotion of Exercise Referral Schemes in New South Wales', Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology, 14, pp. 2 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.31189/2165-6193-14.1.2
, 2025, 'Developing a co-designed, culturally responsive physical activity program for Pasifika communities in Western Sydney, Australia', Health Promotion International, 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae197
, 2025, 'A sport-for-protection program reduces suicidal ideation in youth affected by displacement: a secondary analysis of the Game Connect trial in Uganda', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1569793
, 2025, 'An Effectiveness Trial of an Exercise Physiologist Service to Improve Quality of Life in Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Protocol for the MOVEMENT Study', Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 21, pp. 1399 - 1408, http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S530837
, 2025, 'Barriers, attitudes, confidence, and knowledge among psychiatrists and psychologists in India to provide physical health interventions for metabolic health to persons with mental disorders: A cross-sectional survey', Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104337
, 2025, 'Collaborative outcomes study on health and functioning during infection times (COH-FIT): Insights on modifiable and non-modifiable risk and protective factors for wellbeing and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic from multivariable and network analyses', European Neuropsychopharmacology, 90, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.07.010
, 2025, 'Effect of Concurrent Exercise Training on Stress, Depression and Anxiety in Inactive Academics: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial', Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 96, pp. 563 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2025.2461322
, 2025, 'Free, culturally responsive and trauma-informed physical activity service for people experiencing social disadvantage in Sydney, Australia: the â€Addi Moves' initiative', British Journal of Sports Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110249