Therapeutic effect of yoga on Depressive Disorders among Students in India: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Background - depressive disorders becoming a very serious health problem among students in India.
Aim - To evaluate the effect of yogic interventions on depressive disorders among students.
Also to evaluate the risk factors among youth.

Methods: A total of 60 mild to moderate depressive disorder cases were recruited by the purposive sampling method for this study. Further divided into two groups i.e., one group comprises of 30 cases in which standard treatment protocol was given without yogic intervention. Whereas remaining 30 cases were advised to follow standard treatment protocol along with yogic practices. The intervention group received 40-minute yoga sessions for a month. The data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and HDRS for both groups.
Result- Both groups were analyzed after one month, and it was observed that both group cases improved clinically, but the yogic intervention group was fairly better in comparison to the control group.