International Journal of Yoga
2025
Bichitra Nanda Patra, Rajesh Sagar, Gautam Sharma et al.
Mental health problems constitute around 7.5% of the global burden of disease. Worldwide, depression has been expected to be the second-leading cause of disability by 2020. Child and adolescent depression are associated with decreased school attendance, poor performance at school, use of drugs and alcohol, violence, and suicidal behavior. In recent times, various complementary and alternative...
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
June 1, 2024
Anu James Vibin, Niharika Niharika, Varun Valliappan et al.
2 citations
Depression is a leading cause of disability and the conventional management has several limitations. Recent studies demonstrated the benefits of yoga in psychological disorders. To evaluate the efficacy of the Integrated Yoga Module (IYM) to standard care with added yogic education on lifestyle modification (YELM) in patients with clinical depression. A PROBE trial was conducted at a single...
International Journal of Yoga
2024
Bichitra Nanda Patra, Kanika Khandelwal, Rajesh Sagar et al.
2 citations
Depression has been expected to be the second-leading cause of disability, followed by autism, attention and hyperactivity disorder, and learning disorder. Yoga therapy has found to be beneficial in managing psychiatric disorders. The present study undertakes a scoping review of research on yoga therapy in psychiatric disorders among children and adolescents. Online database was used to...
Translational Psychiatry
May 18, 2020
Jyoti Mishra, Rajesh Sagar, Sana Parveen et al.
Adverse childhood experiences are linked to poor attentive behaviors during adolescence, as well as increased risk for mental health disorders in adults. However, no study has yet tested targeted interventions to optimize neurocognitive processes in this population. Here, we investigated closed-loop digital interventions in a double-blind randomized controlled study in adolescents with...
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
2018
Madhuri R Tolahunase, Rajesh Sagar, Muneeb Faiq et al.
Current interventions for major depressive disorder (MDD) are suboptimal, and only one third respond to them on initial treatment. Neuroplasticity theories are the basis for several emerging treatments. Evidence on the impact of yoga, a well-known mind-body intervention, on neuroplasticity in MDD is limited. To determine the effects of 12-week yoga- and meditation-based lifestyle intervention...
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
September 24, 2017
Madhuri R Tolahunase, Rajesh Sagar, Rima Dada
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Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
January 16, 2017
Madhuri R Tolahunase, Rajesh Sagar, Rima Dada
This study was designed to explore the impact of Yoga and Meditation based lifestyle intervention (YMLI) on cellular aging in apparently healthy individuals. During this 12-week prospective, open-label, single arm exploratory study, 96 apparently healthy individuals were enrolled to receive YMLI. The primary endpoints were assessment of the change in levels of cardinal biomarkers of cellular...