Yoga v. health education for attentional processes relevant to major depressive disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Research has shown that yoga may be an effective adjunctive treatment for persistent depression, the benefits of which may accumulate over time. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the following in a sample of persistently depressed individuals: whether yoga increases mindfulness and whether yoga attenuates rumination. Rumination and mindfulness both represent attentional processes relevant for onset and maintenance of depressive episodes.

Methods

One-hundred-ten individuals who were persistently depressed despite ongoing use of pharmacological treatment were recruited into an RCT comparing yoga with a health education class. Mindfulness and rumination were assessed at baseline and across 3 time points during the ten-week intervention.

Results

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SUBMITTER: West JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992499 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature