What is it about?
This article reviews the research on the effectiveness of yoga as a treatment for a variety of anxiety issues, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder and Phobias. Different yoga protocols are described and evidence-based yoga treatment recommendations are provided for each diagnosis.
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Why is it important?
This review offers clear, evidence-based recommendations for patients and therapists about the use yoga as both a complementary and stand-alone treatment for anxiety issues.
Perspectives
We hope this article might give both clinicians and patients increased comfort in using yoga to manage diagnosable anxiety issues.
Robin Nemeroff
William Paterson University of New Jersey
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This page is a summary of: Yoga as a treatment intervention for anxiety-spectrum
disorders., Practice Innovations, November 2023, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/pri0000226.
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