Orygen, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Early Interv Psychiatry. 2022 Feb;16(2):200-204. doi: 10.1111/eip.13151. Epub 2021 Apr 30.
Anxiety is common in young people with early psychosis and treatment options for this co-morbidity remain limited. Yoga is a promising adjunct intervention that has been shown to reduce anxiety for adults with schizophrenia, therefore this pilot study evaluated the acceptability and potential effectiveness of yoga for anxiety in early psychosis.
A prospective single arm pilot study of a yoga intervention was conducted within an Early Intervention for psychosis service. Rates of attendance, as well as symptoms of anxiety pre and post yoga session were measured.
A total of 14 young people participated in the study and over 70% attended half or more of the yoga sessions offered. Significant transient reduction in state anxiety after a single session of yoga was observed (p < 0.01).
Yoga was found to be an acceptable and potentially effective adjunctive treatment for anxiety in early psychosis and the results warrant further clinical trials.
焦虑在早期精神病患者中很常见，针对这种合并症的治疗选择仍然有限。瑜伽是一种很有前途的辅助干预措施，已被证明可降低精神分裂症成年患者的焦虑，因此本项先导研究评估了瑜伽对早期精神病患者焦虑的可接受性和潜在疗效。
在精神病早期干预服务中进行了一项瑜伽干预的前瞻性单臂先导研究。测量了出勤率，以及瑜伽课前和课后焦虑症状。
共有 14 名年轻人参加了这项研究，超过 70%的人参加了一半或更多次提供的瑜伽课程。单次瑜伽课后观察到状态焦虑显著短暂降低（p<0.01）。
瑜伽被发现是早期精神病焦虑的一种可接受且潜在有效的辅助治疗方法，结果值得进一步临床试验。
