Role of Yoga and Meditation as Complimentary Therapeutic Regime for Stress-Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Utilization of Brain Waves Activity as Novel Tool
Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine September 25, 2020 Medha Kaushik, Akarshi Jain, Puneet Agarwal et al.
Stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders like anxiety, depression, chronic tension headache, and migraine affect many people worldwide. While drugs such as antidepressants, anxiolytics, and analgesics help combat symptoms, they also create long-term side effects. As an alternative, complementary therapies like yoga and meditation have proved effective in alleviating the causes and symptoms of various neuropsychiatric disorders. The role of altered brain waves in this context has been recognized and needs further study. This review describes the effects of yoga and meditation on anxiety and depression and explores brain waves as a tool for assessing these therapies.