With this caveat in mind , the results of the current meta- analysis suggest that hatha yoga does not have effects on acute , chronic and /or treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders compared to treatment as usual or active control groups .
However , when compared to psychoeducation , hatha yoga showed more reductions in depression .
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to systematic ally investigate the effectiveness of hatha yoga in treating acute , chronic and /or treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders .
Repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic factor in depression and anxiety: A conceptual replication.
Comorbidity among affective disorders is high . Rumination has been found to mediate cross-sectional and prospect i ve relations between anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents and adults . We examined whether rumination and worry , both forms of repetitive negative thinking , also explain the associations between affective disorders . This was studied using a prospect i ve cohort study . In a mixed sample of 2981 adults ( persons with a prior history of or a current affective disorder and healthy individuals ) we assessed  DSM-IV affective disorders ( CIDI ) , rumination ( LEIDS-R ) and worry ( PSWQ ) . All measures were repeated 2 years and 4 years later . Using structural equation models , we found that baseline rumination and worry partly mediated the association of baseline fear disorders ( social anxiety disorder , panic disorder , agoraphobia ) with distress disorders ( dysthymia , major depressive disorder , generalized anxiety disorder ) . Moreover , baseline fear disorders predicted changes in distress disorders and changes in worry and rumination mediated these associations . The association between baseline distress disorders and changes in fear disorders was mediated by changes in rumination but not by changes in worry . From these results it can be concluded that repetitive negative thinking is an important transdiagnostic factor . Rumination and worry are partly responsible for the cross-sectional and prospect i ve co-occurrence of affective disorders and may be suitable targets for treatment
With this caveat in mind , the results of the current meta- analysis suggest that hatha yoga does not have effects on acute , chronic and /or treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders compared to treatment as usual or active control groups .
However , when compared to psychoeducation , hatha yoga showed more reductions in depression .
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to systematic ally investigate the effectiveness of hatha yoga in treating acute , chronic and /or treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders .