Govindaraj Ramajayam, Naik Shalini, Manjunath N K, Mehta Urvakhsh Mehta, Gangadhar B N, Varambally Shivarama
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS Integrated Centre for Yoga, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Int J Yoga. 2018 Sep-Dec;11(3):242-244. doi: 10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_45_17.
Yoga as a mind-body therapy is useful in lifestyle-related disorders including neuropsychiatric disorders. In schizophrenia patients, yoga has been shown to significantly improve negative symptoms, functioning, and plasma oxytocin level.
The aim of the study was to study the effect of add-on yoga therapy on social cognition in schizophrenia patients.
In a single pre-post, study design, 15 schizophrenia patients stabilized on antipsychotic medication for 6 weeks were assessed for social cognition (theory of mind, facial emotion recognition, and social perception [SP]) and clinical symptoms (negative and positive symptoms and social disability) before and after twenty sessions of add-on yoga therapy.
There was a significant improvement in the social cognition composite score after 20 sessions of yoga ([13] = -5.37, ≤ 0.001). Clinical symptoms also reduced significantly after twenty sessions of yoga.
Results are promising to integrate yoga in clinical practice, if proven in well-controlled clinical trials.
瑜伽作为一种身心疗法,对包括神经精神疾病在内的与生活方式相关的疾病有益。在精神分裂症患者中,瑜伽已被证明能显著改善阴性症状、功能以及血浆催产素水平。
本研究的目的是探讨附加瑜伽疗法对精神分裂症患者社会认知的影响。
在一项单组前后对照研究设计中,对15名服用抗精神病药物稳定6周的精神分裂症患者,在进行20次附加瑜伽疗法前后,评估其社会认知(心理理论、面部表情识别和社会感知[SP])以及临床症状(阴性和阳性症状以及社会残疾)。
20次瑜伽治疗后,社会认知综合评分有显著改善([13] = -5.37,≤0.001)。20次瑜伽治疗后临床症状也显著减轻。
如果在严格控制的临床试验中得到证实,这些结果有望将瑜伽纳入临床实践。