The effects of yoga on anxiety and stress

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-35

  Li, Amber W ^b   Goldsmith, Carroll Ann W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Psychological; Stress; Yoga

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PRASTERONE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SYMPTOM QUESTIONNAIRE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTE FOR PERSONALITY AND ABILITY TESTING; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE; POSITIVE AFFECT AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STATE TRAIT PERSONALITY INVENTORY SUBSCALE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMS OF STRESS INVENTORY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA; ANXIETY; HEALTH STATUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RELAXATION TRAINING;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RELAXATION THERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 84861521475     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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