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  3. Umadevi P, Ramachandra, Varambally S, Philip M, Gangadhar BN. Effect of yoga therapy on anxiety and depressive symptoms and quality-of-life among caregivers of in-patients with neurological disorders at a tertiary care center in India: A randomized controlled trial. Indian J Psychiatry. 2013 Jul;55(Suppl 3):S385-9. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.116304. PMID: 24049204; PMCID: PMC3768217.

  4. Gunaseelan L, Vanama MS, Abdi F, Qureshi A, Siddiqua A, Hamid MA. Yoga for the Management of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Cureus. 2021 Dec 16;13(12):e20466. doi: 10.7759/cureus.20466. PMID: 35070529; PMCID: PMC8760933.

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  6. Jean M, Umair M, Muddaloor P, Farinango M, Ansary A, Dakka A, Nazir Z, Shamim H, Paidi G, Khan S. The Effects of Yoga on Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review. Cureus. 2022 Aug 4;14(8):e27688. doi: 10.7759/cureus.27688. PMID: 36072189; PMCID: PMC9440796.

  7. Borden A, Cook-Cottone C. Yoga and eating disorder prevention and treatment: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis. Eat Disord. 2020 Jul-Aug;28(4):400-437. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2020.1798172. PMID: 32964814.

  8. Turmel D, Carlier S, Bruyneel AV, Bruyneel M. Tailored individual Yoga practice improves sleep quality, fatigue, anxiety, and depression in chronic insomnia disorder. BMC Psychiatry. 2022 Apr 14;22(1):267. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-03936-w. PMID: 35421962; PMCID: PMC9012014.

  9. Phobias: Yoga in the treatment of extreme anxiety. (n.d.). http://www.yogamag.net/archives/1990s/1996/9605/9605phob.html

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  11. Bangalore NG, Varambally S. Yoga therapy for Schizophrenia. Int J Yoga. 2012 Jul;5(2):85-91. doi: 10.4103/0973-6131.98212. PMID: 22869990; PMCID: PMC3410202.

  12. Park CL, Finkelstein-Fox L, Sacco SJ, Braun TD, Lazar S. How does yoga reduce stress? A clinical trial testing psychological mechanisms. Stress Health. 2021 Feb;37(1):116-126. doi: 10.1002/smi.2977. Epub 2020 Aug 21. PMID: 32797683; PMCID: PMC10159010.

  13. Walia N, Matas J, Turner A, Gonzalez S, Zoorob R. Yoga for Substance Use: A Systematic Review. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Sep-Oct;34(5):964-973. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210175. PMID: 34535521.

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  16. International Association of Yoga Therapists. Contemporary definitions of yoga therapy.

  17. International Association of Yoga Therapists. Yoga therapy: definition, perspective, and principles.

  18. Simon NM, Hofmann SG, Rosenfield D, et al. Efficacy of yoga vs cognitive behavioral therapy vs stress education for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.2496

  19. Dr. B. N. Gangadhar, Department of Integrative Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. Evidence Based Yoga in psychiatric practice: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9983454/

  20. How adult patients with complex trauma experiences (CTE) experience yoga as treatment: A qualitative evidence synthesis (Review) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468749925000316