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Mindfulness yoga during pregnancy for psychiatrically at-risk women: Preliminary results from a pilot feasibility study 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Muzik, M.,Hamilton, S.E.,Rosenblum, K.L.,Waxler, E.,Hadi, Z.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명ELSEVIER SCIENCE B.V. AMSTERDAM
  • 출판년도2012
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • 발행사항Vol.18No.4[2012]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1744-3881
  • 소개/요약Prenatal psychopathology may have an adverse impact on mother and baby, but few women receive treatment. We offered a 10-week mindfulness yoga (M-Yoga) intervention to psychiatrically high-risk pregnant women as an alternative to pharmacological treatment. Participants (N = 18) were primiparous, 12-26 weeks pregnant, and had elevated scores (>9) on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Screen at baseline. In addition to a baseline diagnostic assessment, women completed self-ratings on depression, mindfulness, and maternal-fetal attachment before and after M-Yoga. Findings suggest that M-Yoga was feasible, accepted and effective. Symptoms of depression were significantly reduced (p = 0.025), while mindfulness (p = 0.007) and maternal-fetal attachment (p = 0.000) significantly increased. Overall, this pilot study is the first to demonstrate that M-Yoga may be an effective treatment alternative or augmentation to pharmacotherapy for pregnant women at high risk for psychopathology.