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Breathing Focused Yoga in Social Anxiety Disorder

NCT02266680 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2017-07-19

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Summary

The goal of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of Breathing Focused Yoga (BFY) in improving symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD). Patients with SAD will be randomized to 8 weeks of yoga or 8 weeks of wait-list. Symptom severity and quality of life will be compared between the two groups before and after the 8 weeks.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga Treatment Group

The breathing focused yoga intervention is a manualized yoga protocol developed at CAMH by the Mood and Anxiety Disorders group, with yoga teacher, Ms. Tiffany Garfinkel, as the lead. BFY incorporates postures and meditation, but there is a special focus on controlled breathing at different rates, including Ujjaji or slow inhalation, exhalation and holding of breath; Bhastrika or Kapalabhati, two types of vigorous breathing with forced exhalation; and cyclical breathing or a repeated pattern of slow, moderate and fast breathing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Arun Ravindran, MD, PhD · Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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