Schizophrenia is one of the most severe mental disorders with a prevalence of about 1% and a leading cause of disability among young adults. Pharmacotherapy is the mainstay in the management of ...schizophrenia. However, even with the best of medication, several problems like refractoriness, negative symptoms, frequent relapses, and cognitive impairments persist.
This is a randomized-controlled clinical study including patients from an urban tertiary hospital and a semi-urban community center, with a between-group, repeated-measures, longitudinal design. This study will recruit 160 patients with DSM 5 diagnosis of schizophrenia who are on stable medication for a minimum of 6 weeks; they will be randomly assigned into 2 arms viz., yoga therapy (YT), and treatment-as-usual (TAU) with 80 patients in each arm. Participants will undergo Clinical, Laboratory, and Radiological assessments at baseline and at intervals of 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months from the baseline. It is hypothesized that yoga will improve psychopathology and emotion processing, increase serum brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and plasma oxytocin levels and effect changes in cerebral activation in areas of the brain associated with schizophrenia.
This study aims to measure the efficacy of a Yoga-based intervention as an adjunct in patients with schizophrenia as well as the mechanisms of these effects.
Registered retrospectively with Clinical Trial Registry - India (CTRI) with registration number CTRI/2017/08/009219.
Dos diários/From daily Sulerjítski, Leopold
Moringa,
07/2015, Letnik:
6, Številka:
2
Journal Article
Odprti dostop
É difícil ajudá-los principalmente por duas razões (eu já não falo sobre o sucesso, etc, mas simplesmente do ponto de vista técnico, pressupondo que eles compreendam e queiram se corrigir); é ...difícil, pois existindo desse jeito, o seu estado geral em cena é ótimo; eles, como se diz, "vivem" sem grande esforço, mudam até as adaptações (prisposoblénie)16e contudo, não possuindo uma bússola na ação transversal, chegam a tais adaptações, as quais de forma alguma podem ter lugar em determinada peça ou ato, mas eles pela mesma razão, não sentem isso - quer dizer, o ótimo estado geral, toda a face em lágrimas, o público aparentemente é conquistado e até muito (a histeria); e o que mais querem de mim? "Pois eu não forcei a lágrima ou o riso: eles vieram facilmente até mim por si mesmos", eis a primeira razão; A segunda é que realmente no tempo de trabalho sobre o papel justamente estes sentimentos, este riso, este medo, etc. são o objetivo no decorrer do semestre. Byron era inteligente como cem diabos, contudo foi o talento dele que sobreviveu. No original o texto seria como se segue: "And let those that play/ your clowns speak no more than is set down for them;/ for there be of them that will themselves laugh, to /set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh/ too; though, in the mean time, some necessary/ question of the play be then to be considered:/ that's villanous, and shows a most pitiful ambition/ in the fool that uses it.
This article looks at divergent views of yoga as a complementary wellness activity in Norway through a study of yoga classes whilst employing a qualitative research methodology. Furthermore, the ...research focuses on how and why yoga is modified by instructors. The discourse is analysed through the application of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Findings indicate that a need for stress relief creates a demand for alternative wellness practices, such as yoga. However, modifications made by instructors to the traditional practice in order to complement the cultural norms of the clients may pose challenges for clients in deriving the maximum benefits. Modifying the practice may also inhibit clients from completely exploring the correct techniques. Besides, marketing yoga as merely a physical activity while attempting to present it as a culturally neutral practice is only a partial offer. Eliminating key elements, such as meditation, chants and breath awareness techniques, suppresses the authenticity of the traditional format which centres on a holistic mind-body-soul approach. Along with achieving optimum physical benefits, improving mental wellbeing is equally integral through yoga. Hence, for service providers, it is imperative to be conscientious of maintaining the authenticity of the yogic practice as opposed to compromising it in lieu of profitability.
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