title: The effects of yoga on mood in psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: The effects of yoga on mood were examined in 13 psychiatric inpatients at New Hampshire Hospital. Participants completed the Profile of Mood States (POMS) prior to and following participation in a yoga class. Analyses indicated that participants reported significant improvements on all five of the negative emotion factors on the POMS, including tension-anxiety, depression-dejection, anger-hostility, fatigue-inertia, and confusion-bewilderment. There was no significant change on the sixth POMS factor, vigor-activity. Improvements in mood were not related to gender or diagnosis. The results suggest that yoga was associated with improved mood, and may be a useful way of reducing stress during inpatient psychiatric treatment.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Services at New Hampshire Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lavey
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Kim T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Mueser
authors.forename: Donna D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Currier
authors.forename: Rosemarie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015013:Yoga