‘It just makes me feel good about life’: Soccer helps those with psychosis

Playing soccer benefits people with psychosis, says a new study.

The report, in the Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, shows that the participants identified a number of benefits of soccer in the community football programme: Playing became a valued part of weekly routines and fostered re-engagement with previously valued roles.

The regular games of football also improved the patients’ social confidence and motor and process skills, and had a positive impact on their mental and physical health.