Yoga for depression: The research evidence

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 13-24

  Pilkington, Karen ^a,b   Kirkwood, Graham ^a,e   Rampes, Hagen ^c   Richardson, Janet ^a,d  

^a Research Council for Complementary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Depressive disorder; Systematic review; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMBASE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 28544440984     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.08.013     Document Type: Review

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