Elder anxiety is a common mental disease of the elderly and the disease is related to their physical and mental characteristics, family environment and social background and other factors. At present, the treatment for anxiety combines psychological counseling and drug therapy in which the psychological therapy is the main one. This study showed that when elderly patients suffering from anxiety disorder are treated with Tai Chi exercise in addition to the drug therapy, their effect is more significant than those who only are treated by the drug. Also, if the patients are only treated by the drug, their disease is easy to reoccur after curing. However, if they choose Tai Chi exercise, the recurrence rate is low. Suggestion: Tai Chi, the simple and easy exercise, is suitable for the old people to practice and it can significantly improve the anxiety of the elder patients with anxiety disorder and exercise positive effect on the physical and psychological health, therefore, it is worthy of clinical application and promotion.
Song, Qing-Hua et al. “Effect of Tai Chi exercise on the physical and mental health of the elder patients suffered from anxiety disorder.” International journal of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology vol. 6,1 55-60. 13 Mar. 2014
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