Yoga as an ancillary treatment for neurological and psychiatric disorders:A review

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-164

  Meyer, Hilary B ^a   Katsman, Alina ^b   Sones, Alexander C ^c   Auerbach, Daniel E ^d   Ames, Donna ^b,e   Rubin, Robert T ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLIMBING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; GROUP THERAPY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT FORM 36; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TENSION HEADACHE; YOGA;

EID: 84865148912     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.11040090     Document Type: Review

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