Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	116119
Country	China

Category	Psychiatry
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Personalized exercise interventions for doctoral students’ mental health: A step beyond one size fits all
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Geng-Biao Zhang, Hong-Yi Zheng and Wen-Bin Zheng
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number the Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Special Project Funding Program STKJ2023042 Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2024A1515011698 Scientific Research Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of Guangdong Province 20261190 Medical Scientific Research Foundation of Guangdong Province B2025713
Corresponding Author	Wen-Bin Zheng, MD, Professor, Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, No. 69 Dongxian North Road, Jinping District, Shantou 515000, Guangdong Province, China. hwenb@126.com
Key Words	Personalized exercise; Doctoral students; Mental health; Stress; Sleep disorders; Tai Chi; Intervention efficacy
Core Tip	Wu et al’s study breaks new ground by demonstrating that personalized, menu-style targeted exercise tailored to symptom profiles (e.g., team sports for depression, resistance training for sleep disorders) outperforms Tai Chi in improving doctoral students’ mental health. By addressing gaps in prior “one-size-fits-all” exercise interventions, this work offers a practical model for university mental health services and highlights the critical need for multicenter trials, objective biomarkers, and long-term follow-up to advance academic mental health care.
Citation	Zhang GB, Zheng HY, Zheng WB. Personalized exercise interventions for doctoral students’ mental health: A step beyond one size fits all. World J Psychiatry 2026; In press

Received	2025-11-05 05:44
Peer-Review Started	2025-11-05 05:44
First Decision by Editorial Office Director	2025-12-12 07:42
Return for Revision	2025-12-12 07:42
Revised	2025-12-23 05:46
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Second Decision by Editor	2026-01-07 02:36
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2026-01-07 07:53
Articles in Press	2026-01-07 07:53
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