Journal of International Psychiatry

【Abstract】 Objective Comparison of the clinical efficacy of physical exercise and mindfulness meditation for patients with the first mild depressive episode.. Methods: A total of 70 patients with the first mild depressive episode were enrolled.Using random digital table method to assign patients to two groups, Mindfulness meditation (n=35) for the study group, physical exercise (n=35) was the control group. Results: 60 people completed the experiment, mindfulness meditation group (n=30) , physical exercise group (n=30) . Four weekends end, the HAMD-17 score of mindfulness meditation was significantly higher than physical exercise, the HAMA-14 score of mindfulness meditation was significantly lower than physical exercise.The difference between the two groups was statistically significant（P﹤0. 05）. Conclusion: Mindfulness meditation and physical exercise are different in short-term clinical outcomes for patients with the first mild depressive episode and long-term clinical efficacy is the same.

control study; Mild depression episode; physical exercise; mindfulness meditation;