Efficacy of yoga as an add-on treatment for in-patients with functional psychotic disorder

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Manjunath, R B ^a   Varambally, S ^a   Thirthalli, J ^a   Basavaraddi, I V ^b   Gangadhar, B N ^a  

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

^b Morarji Desai Natl Inst for Yoga   (India)

Author keywords

In patients; psychosis; schizophrenia; yoga

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; YOGA;

EID: 84883406383     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.116314     Document Type: Article

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