The Efficacy of Yoga as a Form of Treatment for Depression

Bridges, Ledetra; Sharma, Manoj

doi:10.1177/2156587217715927

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“…Furthermore, social detachment was demonstrated as an important religious coping practice for managing death anxiety (Maheshwari and Mukherjee 2019). Spiritual practices such as a daily schedule of yoga and meditation were found to be effective in relieving symptoms of depression and anxiety (Bridges and Sharma 2017;Varambally and Gangadhar 2020), which may provide great relief from death anxiety as well.…”

Section: Religious Coping With Death Anxietymentioning

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Death Anxiety, Religiosity and Culture: Implications for Therapeutic Process and Future Research

Pandya

Kathuria

2021

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Death anxiety is a common phenomenon that humans experience. It is multidimensional. There has been an upsurged interest around the discussion on death anxiety across the globe, however, much of the literature focuses on the concept of death anxiety, religiosity, and its role in mental health conditions. Further, studies on death anxiety are scattered and at times disconnected. It is important to review existing literature to get an overview of the current direction in research and understand its relevance to facilitate therapeutic processes. In this scoping review, literature was searched in databases such as PubMed, Scopus, and PsychINFO using key words such as “death anxiety”, “fear of death”, religion”, “culture”, and “psychopathology” combined with Boolean operators to narrow down the search results. The initial search yielded 614 records, of which 546 records were removed based on title review (363), abstract review (94), and full-text review (89). Finally, 68 articles were appraised, narratively synthesized, and thematically presented. Major themes revealed in the literature were theoretical frameworks of death anxiety, religiosity, universality, psychological effects of death anxiety, psychopathology, and religious coping strategies. There is a need to assess client’s death anxiety and address them using religious rituals and coping mechanisms.

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Section: Religious Coping With Death Anxietymentioning

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Death Anxiety, Religiosity and Culture: Implications for Therapeutic Process and Future Research

Pandya

Kathuria

2021

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“…Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and open studies have found yoga to be beneficial in treating unipolar depression. 19 –22 On its own or as an adjunct to medication, yoga has been shown to alleviate symptoms of mild to moderate depression. 23 Preliminary evidence suggests that it may even benefit more severe depression and even alleviate suicidal ideation.…”

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Breathing-focused Yoga as Augmentation for Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial: Le yoga axé sur la respiration comme traitement d’appoint pour la dépression unipolaire et bipolaire: Un essai randomisé contrôlé

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Objective: Patients with depression frequently experience persistent residual symptoms even with optimal interventions. These patients often use complementary treatments, including yoga, as a preferred alternative or adjunctive treatment. There is evidence for the benefit of yoga for depression, but this has not been rigorously evaluated, particularly in bipolar depression. We aimed to determine the feasibility and benefit of manualized breathing-focused yoga in comparison to psychoeducation as augmentation to pharmacotherapy for improving residual symptoms of depression in unipolar and bipolar patients. Methods: Using a randomized single-blind crossover design, 72 outpatients with unipolar or bipolar depression were augmented with the two 8-week interventions at separate times, as add-ons to current first-line antidepressants and mood stabilizers. The primary outcome measure was the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Due to the high dropout of participants after crossover at Week 8, analysis focused on between-group comparisons of yoga and psychoeducation during the initial 8 weeks of the study. Results: There was a significant decline in depressive symptoms, as measured by the MADRS, following 8 weeks of yoga. However, there was no significant difference in MADRS ratings between intervention groups. Similar improvements in self-rated depressive symptoms and well-being were also observed across time. Conclusions: Both yoga and psychoeducation may improve residual symptoms of unipolar and bipolar depression as add-on to medications. In-class group sessions and long study durations may reduce feasibility for this population. Larger trials with parallel group design and shorter duration may be more feasible.

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“…Complementary therapies such as acupuncture and yoga have a developed evidence base for other health conditions (Bridges & Sharma, 2017 ; Smith, Armour, Lee, Wang, & Hay, 2018 ) but it is perhaps surprising that these are recommended above other established alternative approaches such as meditation. This may, however, reflect the dearth of RCTs in this area.…”

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Non-pharmacological and non-psychological approaches to the treatment of PTSD: results of a systematic review and meta-analyses

Bisson

Gelderen

Roberts

et al. 2020

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Non-pharmacological and non-psychological approaches to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have often been excluded from systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Consequently, we know little regarding their efficacy. Objective: To determine the effect sizes of non-pharmacological and non-psychological treatment approaches for PTSD. Method: We undertook a systematic review and meta-analyses following Cochrane Collaboration guidelines. A predetermined definition of clinical importance was applied to the results and the quality of evidence was appraised using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach. Results: 30 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of a range of heterogeneous nonpsychological and non-pharmacological interventions (28 in adults, two in children and adolescents) were included. There was emerging evidence for six different approaches (acupuncture, neurofeedback, saikokeishikankyoto (a herbal preparation), somatic experiencing, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and yoga). Conclusions: Given the level of evidence available, it would be premature to offer nonpharmacological and non-psychological interventions routinely, but those with evidence of efficacy provide alternatives for people who do not respond to, do not tolerate or do not want more conventional evidence-based interventions. This review should stimulate further research in this area.

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The Efficacy of Yoga as a Form of Treatment for Depression

Cited by 71 publications

References 30 publications

Death Anxiety, Religiosity and Culture: Implications for Therapeutic Process and Future Research

Death Anxiety, Religiosity and Culture: Implications for Therapeutic Process and Future Research

Breathing-focused Yoga as Augmentation for Unipolar and Bipolar Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial: Le yoga axé sur la respiration comme traitement d’appoint pour la dépression unipolaire et bipolaire: Un essai randomisé contrôlé

Non-pharmacological and non-psychological approaches to the treatment of PTSD: results of a systematic review and meta-analyses

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