18-May-2013 VIJAYAWADA : A yoga therapist should be included in the mental health team stipulated by Medical Council of India (MCI) as there is good evidence on the positive impact of yogasanas on mental health, Bangalore-based National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Science (NIMHANS) professor B.N. Gangadhar has said.
Giving a lecture on "Yoga and Mental Health" organised by VIMHANS (Vijayawada Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences) here Prof. Gangadhar, who is head of the Yoga Research Centre in NIMHANS, said that along with a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric social worker and psychiatric nurse, a yoga therapist should also be included in the 'Mental Health Team'. As an MCI inspector for post graduate courses Prof. Gangadhar said that he would recommend to the council that all medical colleges offering MD and DNB psychiatry should have a yoga therapist in the psychiatry department. In a power point presentation, he said that yogasanas and pranayama had a positive impact on patients suffering from schizophrenia and depression. Yoga also helped the elderly and caregivers. Sharing original research done by him Prof. Gangadhar said that there was evidence to show that yoga had better impact than other forms of exercise. Yoga increased the Oxytocin (Cuddling hormone) levels in schizophrenics and the brain-derived neurotophic factor (BDNF) in depression patients. Yoga also improved the cognition (particularly the facial emotion recognition) in schizophrenics. Yoga also reduced the secretion of Cortisol (stress hormone) in patients. He said that the details of the way the yogasanas were selected for research, the duration the patients were made to do the asanas and other details would be published as a paper soon. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/yoga-therapist-should-be-part-of-mental-health-team-expert/article4726270.ece -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
