Hold That Pose: Yoga May Ease Tough Depression Study finds weekly sessions, plus

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Hold That Pose: Yoga May Ease Tough Depression Study finds weekly sessions, plus deep breathing, helped ease cases when medications failed THURSDAY, March 9, 2017 (HealthDay News) The calming poses and meditation of yoga may be just what the doctor ordered when it comes to beating depression, new research suggests Researchers found that weekly sessions of yoga and deep breathing exercises helped ease symptoms of the common condition. They believe the practice may be an alternative or complementary therapy for tough-to-treat cases of depression The intervention seemed helpful for "people who are not on antidepressants and in those who have been on a stable dose of antidepressants [but] have not achieved a resolution of their symptoms study lead author Dr. Chris Streeter said in a news release from Boston Medical Center. He's a psychiatrist at the hospital and an associate professor of psychiatry and neurology at Boston University Major depression is common and often persistent and disabling, Streeters' team noted. Up to 40 percent of people taking medication for this form of depression won't see their depression go away, according to the researchers However, prior studies have shown that the ancient practice of yoga may be of help "The mechanism of action is similar to other exercise techniques that activate the release of feel good' brain chemicals," explained Dr. Alan Manevitz, a clinical psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, who reviewed the new findings He added that exercise, especially yoga, may also "reduce immune system chemicals that can worsen depression. well Manevitz said Then there's yoga's meditative quality, as "It has been demonstrated that "mindful' movement conscious awareness has a much more beneficial impact on the central nervous system," he said

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The study basically looking for the effect of yoga on the personality. The personility would be stable on the well condition of the immune system & the level of depresson. This is retrospective type of study which observes population in present by using a sample survey & collects information about sample about occurance of specified outcome.

Response variable:Depression

Explanatory Variable: Yoga

Lurking variables: having correlation between X & Y

1. Calming Poses

2. Breathing Excercise

3. Antidepressants

4. Mechanism of active

5. Major depression

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