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Maren Nyer1, Maya Nauphal1, Regina Roberg1
1Dr. Nyer is with the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Ms. Nauphal and Ms. Roberg are with the Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Dr. Streeter is with the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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Yoga has been in use for thousands of years in the East as a healing modality. Western practitioners are now starting to recognize the potential of yoga-based treatments. The purpose of this article is to explore the evidence-base of yoga-based treatments for depression and anxiety with the purpose of furthering the integration of yoga into conventional Western mental health treatment plans.
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