Lifestyle Medicine for Depression

This study will examine the feasibility and efficacy of lifestyle medicine for the management of depression in Chinese adult population. The main components of lifestyle intervention typically include physical activity, diet, relaxation/mindfulness, and sleep. While lifestyle medicine has been recognized for centuries as a means to improve physical health, the field of lifestyle medicine in the context of mental health is still in its infancy. In the existing literature, there is increasing evidence demonstrating the efficacy of individual components of lifestyle medicine (e.g, physical activities and sleep) on depression. However, there is very limited research on the effectiveness of an integration of multiple lifestyle adjustments on depression.