Using the biopsychosocial model to understand the health benefits of yoga

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Evans, Subhadra ^a   Tsao, Jennie C I ^a   Sternlieb, Beth ^a   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsychosocial; Health; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MEDITATION; MOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; YOGA;

EID: 67249091660     PISSN: 15533840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3840.1183     Document Type: Article

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