yoga could help depression
People who suffer from depression
should take yoga and deep
breathing classes at least twice
weekly to receive a significant
reduction in their symptoms,
according to research conducted
by Boston University in the USA.
According to the study, both yoga has the
groups had significant decreases advantages
in their depressive symptoms of avoiding
and no significant differences in additional
compliance. Although a greater drug side
number of subjects in the high effects and drug
dose group had less depressive interactions.
The findings, which appear in attending twice weekly classes “While most
the Journal of Alternative and (plus home practice) may still be pharmacologic treatment
Complementary Medicine, provide an effective way to gain the mood for depression target
preliminary support for the use benefits from the intervention. monoamine systems,
of yoga-based interventions as
such as serotonin,
an alternative or supplement to “This study supports the use of dopamine and
pharmacologic treatments for a yoga and coherent breathing norepinephrine, this intervention
depression. intervention in major depressive targets the parasympathetic and
symptoms, the researchers believe
disorder in people who are not gamma aminobutyric acid system
As part of the study, individuals with on antidepressants and in those and provides a new avenue for
major depressive disorder (MDD) who have been on a stable dose treatment.”
were allocated to either a high-dose of antidepressants and have group, which participated in three not achieved a resolution of Major depressive disorder (MDD)
90-minute classes a week along their symptoms,” said associate is common, recurrent, chronic
with home practice, or the low dose professor of psychiatry and and disabling. Due in part to its
group, which did two 90-minute neurology, Dr Chris Streeter. prevalence, depression is globally
responsible for more years lost to
classes a week, plus home practice.
According to Dr Streeter, compared
disability than any other disease.
with mood altering medications,
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