Yoga and Mental Health

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Behere RV . Effect of yoga therapy on facial emotion recognition deficits, symptoms and social-occupational functioning in patients with schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2011; 123: 147–153.

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Shapiro D Cook IA Davydov DM Ottaviani C Leuchter AF Abrams M . Yoga as a complementary treatment of depression: effects of traits and moods on treatment outcome. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2007; 4: 493–502.

Uebelacker LA Epstein-Lubow G Gaudiano BA Tremont G Battle CL Miller IW . Hatha yoga for depression: critical review of the evidence for efficacy, plausible mechanisms of action, and directions for future research. Journal of Psychiatric Practice 2010, 16: 22–33.

Douglass L . Yoga as an intervention in the treatment of eating disorders: does it help? Eating Disorders 2009; 17: 126–139.

Sulekha S Thennarasu K Vedamurthachar A Raju TR Kutty BM . Evaluation of sleep architecture in practitioners of Sudarshan Kriya yoga and Vipasana meditation. Sleep and Biological Rhythms 2006; 4: 207–214.

Carlson LE Bultz BD . Mind–body interventions in oncology. Current Treatment Options in Oncology 2008; 9: 127–134.