A systematic review of yoga for major depressive disorder

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 213, Issue , 2017, Pages 70-77

  Cramer, Holger ^a,b   Anheyer, Dennis ^a   Lauche, Romy ^b   Dobos, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; Complementary therapies; Depressive disorder; Major depression; Review; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANXIETY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YOGA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXERCISE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOGA;

EID: 85012073994     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.02.006     Document Type: Review

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