Effects of a yoga breath intervention alone and in combination with an exposure therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in survivors of the 2004 South-East Asia tsunami

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 289-300

  Descilo, T ^a   Vedamurtachar, A ^b   Gerbarg, P L ^c   Nagaraja, D ^b   Gangadhar, B N ^b   Damodaran, B ^d   Adelson, B ^e   Braslow, L H ^f   Marcus, S ^g   Brown, R P ^h  

^a The Trauma Resolution Center   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth   (India)

^e Rutgers University   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Mind body; Post traumatic stress; Tsunami; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BREATHING EXERCISE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SURVIVOR; TSUNAMI; YOGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TSUNAMIS; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949721090     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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