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A heuristic model linking yoga philosophy and self-reflection to examine underlying mechanisms of add-on yoga treatment in schizophrenia
International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)
Short Title: Int.Rev.Psychiatry.
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: Nov 30, 2015
Pages: 265 - 272
Sources ID: 30076
Notes: LR: 20180112; JID: 8918131; OTO: NOTNLM; 2016/06/17 06:00 [entrez]; 2016/06/17 06:00 [pubmed]; 2018/01/05 06:00 [medline]; ppublish
Visibility: Public (group default)
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Preliminary evidence suggests efficacy of yoga as add-on treatment for schizophrenia, but the underlying mechanism by which yoga improves the symptoms of schizophrenia is not completely understood. Yoga improves self-reflection in healthy individuals, and self-reflection abnormalities are typically seen in schizophrenia. However, whether yoga treatment improves impairments in self-reflection typically seen in patients with schizophrenia is not examined. This paper discusses the potential mechanism of yoga in the treatment of schizophrenia and proposes a testable hypothesis for further empirical studies. It is proposed that self-reflection abnormalities in schizophrenia improve with yoga and the neurobiological changes associated with this can be examined using empirical behavioural measures and neuroimaging measures such as magnetic resonance imaging.