Anxiety and Depression Case Study 2022

Running Head: ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
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ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION 2
Yoga is a perceived alternative medicine used in stress management and helps in the
alleviation of dejection and anxiety disorders. Yoga maintains a balance between physique and
mind. It is separated into four primary branches which include Bhakti yoga, Karma yoga, Gyana
yoga, and Ashtanga yoga.
Ashtanga yoga is useful for deep relaxation of muscles and control of breathing. It also
promotes mind skills like accuracy and memory of the brain. Several studies have proved that
Yoga is efficient in the management of stress-related maladies. Research by Taherkhani
disclosed that Yoga could be utilized in handling the obsessive-compulsive disorder (Javnbakht
, Hejazi Kenari , & Ghasem, 2009). Woolery showed that Yoga may perhaps lessen signs
from young dejected people. Yoga is known to have shown some psychopathological, diabetes,
cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. In his study, Michalsen concluded that women in
Germany showed improvement in their distress after doing yoga practice for three months.
Methods and Constituents
The study done involved a sample of women taken in a year. The sample used women
who had no renowned history of psychosomatic disorder. The Beck Inventory depression is the
most commonly used questionnaire in detecting depression and as applied in this case. The
researchers in this case also applied the state-trait anxiety inventory (Javnbakht , Hejazi
Kenari , & Ghasem, 2009). The participants were alienated into an investigational cluster and
control cluster. Both the control group and the cluster under test were reexamined after two
months. Past cases of past psychiatric disorders and drug abuse were not considered in this
evaluation. The collected data was then analyzed using t-test by use of SPSS.