Antidepressant efficacy of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) in melancholia: a randomized comparison with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and imipramine

Janakiramaiah, N.; Gangadhar, Bangalore N.; Murthy, Pratima; Harish, M.G.; Subbakrishna, D. K.; Vedamurthachar, A.

doi:10.1016/s0165-0327(99)00079-8

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“…Level Two evidence supports the use of yoga as an adjunctive therapy [17]. Multiple studies conclude that: a) Yoga is better than no treatment in improving mild to moderate depressive symptoms in MDD [18]; b) Yoga is equally as effective as TCAs (tricyclic antidepressants) in severe MDD [19]; c) Yoga in combination with anti-depressants is better than anti-depressants alone for depressive symptoms [20].…”

Section: Studies Of Yoga's Effects On Quality Of Life and Depressionmentioning

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Yoga and Mental Health: A Review

Asgarpour¹

2017

Physiother Rehabil

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The need for effective population mental health promotion approaches is urgent as mental health concerns are escalating globally and current allopathic treatment regimens are insufficient to bring people towards the state of mental well-being (citation). Successfully alleviating stress has the potential to promote wellbeing and prevent illness. Worldwide, yoga is gaining popularity as an accessible, acceptable and cost-effective practice for mind and body. People are turning to yoga for mental health improvement because of preferences for: self-treatment as opposed to clinical intervention; perceived greater efficacy than medication; fewer side effects; lack of response to medication. Yoga has minimal side effects and is cost-effective in comparison with pharmacological treatments and psychotherapy. Yoga's added benefit is that it improves physical fitness and encourages self-reliance. In this brief article we discuss the evidence for yoga as a form of mental health promotion, illness prevention and treatment for depression.

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Yoga and Mental Health: A Review

Asgarpour¹

2017

Physiother Rehabil

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“…In addition, a growing number of studies from both Western and non-Western countries suggest that yoga therapy may be effective in reducing psychosocial risk factors for CVD as well. For example, yoga has been reported to decrease perceived stress 109,159,160 and reactivity to stressors, 110 enhance stress-related coping, 161 reduce symptoms of depression 127,128,[162][163][164][165] and anxiety, 66,127,161,162,166,167 and decrease anger, 162,168 tension, and fatigue. 162,169 Likewise, recent studies in India 66,159,170 and the United States 171 have indicated that yoga practice may improve sleep in both healthy 66,159 and chronically ill populations.…”

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Risk Indices Associated with the Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, and Possible Protection with Yoga: A Systematic Review

Innes

Bourguignon²,

Taylor³

2005

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Objective: To conduct a systematic review of published literature regarding the effects of yoga, a promising mind-body therapy, on specific anthropometric and physiologic indices of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and on related clinical endpoints.Methods: We performed a literature search using 4 computerized English and Indian scientific databases. The search was restricted to original studies (1970 to 2004) evaluating the effects of yoga on CVD or indices of CVD risk associated with the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs), nonrandomized controlled trials, uncontrolled (pre and post) clinical trials, and cross-sectional (observational) studies were included if they met specific criteria. Data were extracted regarding study design, setting, population size and characteristics, intervention type and duration, comparison group or condition, outcome assessment, data analysis and presentation, follow-up, and key results, and the quality of each study was evaluated according to specific predetermined criteria.Results : ing number of developing countries. [5][6][7] Leading to premature morbidity and mortality, and to preventable losses of employment, earnings, and quality of life, CVD is clearly of pressing clinical and economic significance, underscoring the need for effective primary prevention efforts that target common, modifiable risk factors. Prominent among these are the physiologic and anthropometric risk factors associated with the insulin resistance syndrome (IRS), and the neuroendocrine and psychosocial alterations that may both predispose to and result from these IRS-related abnormalities. The IRS, also referred to as syndrome X or the metabolic syndrome, is a cluster of metabolic and hemodynamic abnormalities that both collectively and independently predict the development of atherosclerosis and CVD. 4,8 -11 Core features of the IRS are insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, atherogenic dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, and

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“…Early texts described yoga's physical and mental health benefits, 1 whereas modern studies of yoga-based interventions performed in healthy populations have shown that the interventions decrease depression and anxiety, [5][6][7] increase motor control, 8,9 improve subjective measures of well being, 10 and improve lung function. 11 Although yoga has been used for centuries in the East to treat disease, 12,13 it has gained recognition for this purpose only recently in the West.…”

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Psychological adjustment and sleep quality in a randomized trial of the effects of a Tibetan yoga intervention in patients with lymphoma

Cohen

Warneke

Fouladi

et al. 2004

Cancer

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BACKGROUNDResearch suggests that stress‐reduction programs tailored to the cancer setting help patients cope with the effects of treatment and improve their quality of life. Yoga, an ancient Eastern science, incorporates stress‐reduction techniques that include regulated breathing, visual imagery, and meditation as well as various postures. The authors examined the effects of the Tibetan yoga (TY) practices of Tsa lung and Trul khor, which incorporate controlled breathing and visualization, mindfulness techniques, and low‐impact postures in patients with lymphoma.METHODSThirty‐nine patients with lymphoma who were undergoing treatment or who had concluded treatment within the past 12 months were assigned to a TY group or to a wait‐list control group. Patients in the TY group participated in 7 weekly yoga sessions, and patients in the wait‐list control group were free to participate in the TY program after the 3‐month follow‐up assessment.RESULTSEighty nine percent of TY participants completed at least 2–3 three yoga sessions, and 58% completed at least 5 sessions. Patients in the TY group reported significantly lower sleep disturbance scores during follow‐up compared with patients in the wait‐list control group (5.8 vs. 8.1; P < 0.004). This included better subjective sleep quality (P < 0.02), faster sleep latency (P < 0.01), longer sleep duration (P < 0.03), and less use of sleep medications (P < 0.02). There were no significant differences between groups in terms of intrusion or avoidance, state anxiety, depression, or fatigue.CONCLUSIONSThe participation rates suggested that a TY program is feasible for patients with cancer and that such a program significantly improves sleep‐related outcomes. However, there were no significant differences between groups for the other outcomes. Cancer 2004. © 2004 American Cancer Society.

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Antidepressant efficacy of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) in melancholia: a randomized comparison with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and imipramine

Cited by 280 publications

References 5 publications

Yoga and Mental Health: A Review

Yoga and Mental Health: A Review

Risk Indices Associated with the Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, and Possible Protection with Yoga: A Systematic Review

Psychological adjustment and sleep quality in a randomized trial of the effects of a Tibetan yoga intervention in patients with lymphoma

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