Irene Belle Skowronek, PhD Anne Mounsey, MD Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lara Handler, MSLS Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ASSISTANT EDITOR Richard Guthmann, MD, MPH University of Illinois at Chicago, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago
References
recommendations
The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement and the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments recommend yoga as an effective adjunctive treatment to decrease the severity of depression symptoms.5,6
The Veterans Health Administration and the US Department of Defense recommend yoga as a potential adjunctive treatment to manage the hyperarousal symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).7
The Work Loss Data Institute recommends yoga as an intervention for workers compensation conditions including occupational stress, major depressive disorder, PTSD, and other mental disorders.8
