Yoga as a complementary therapy for clinical depression

Complementary Health Practice Review

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 156-170

  Mehta, Purvi ^a   Sharma, Manoj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

complementary and alternative medicine; depression; therapy; treatment; yoga

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857770759     PISSN: 15332101     EISSN: 15523845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533210110387405     Document Type: Article

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