NEW YORK: If you are suffering from depression yoga can complement traditional therapies and help reduce the symptoms of the mental disorder, researchers claim. "These studies suggest that yoga-based interventions have promise for depressed mood and that they are feasible for patients with chronic, treatment-resistant depression," said Nina Vollbehr, from the Centre for Integrative Psychiatry in the Netherlands.However, the research on yoga as a treatment for depression is still preliminary, Hopkins noted. "At this time, we can only recommend yoga as a complementary approach, likely most effective in conjunction with standard approaches delivered by a licensed therapist," she added. "Clearly, yoga is not a cure-all. However, based on empirical evidence, there seems to be a lot of potential," Hopkins said.

Source: Economic Times August 04, 2017 09:45 UTC