Open AccessDevelopment and feasibility of need-based yoga program for family caregivers of in-patients with schizophrenia in India
Author(s) -
Aarti Jagannathan,
Ameer Hamza,
Jagadisha Thirthalli,
HR Nagendra,
Raghuram Nagarathna,
Bangalore N. Gangadhar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of yoga/international journal of yoga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-2714
pISSN - 0973-6131
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6131.91711
Subject(s) - trainer , likert scale , coping (psychology) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , qualitative research , psychology , medical education , clinical psychology , psychiatry , computer science , developmental psychology , programming language , social science , sociology
Yoga has been found to be effective in the management of stress. This paper describes the development of a yoga program aimed to reduce burden and improve coping of family caregivers of inpatients with schizophrenia in India.