Exercise interventions for smoking cessation

MH Ussher, AH Taylor… - Cochrane Database of …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Taking regular exercise may help people give up smoking by moderating
nicotine withdrawal and cravings, and by helping to manage weight gain. Objectives To …

Mindfulness meditation for substance use disorders: A systematic review

A Zgierska, D Rabago, N Chawla… - Substance …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Relapse is common in substance use disorders (SUDs), even among treated individuals.
The goal of this article was to systematically review the existing evidence on mindfulness …

[PDF][PDF] Yoga as therapeutic intervention

DS Khalsa - Principles and practice of stress management/Guilford, 2007 - edl.emi.gov.et
In its earliest form, yoga was a practical discipline incorporating techniques whose goal was
the development of a state of mental and physical health, well-being, inner harmony, and …

Mindfulness‐based treatments for co‐occurring depression and substance use disorders: what can we learn from the brain?

JA Brewer, S Bowen, JT Smith, GA Marlatt… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Both depression and substance use disorders represent major global public health
concerns and are often co‐occurring. Although there are ongoing discoveries regarding the …

Mind–body practices: An alternative, drug-free treatment for smoking cessation? A systematic review of the literature

L Carim-Todd, SH Mitchell, BS Oken - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective The limited success of current smoking cessation therapies encourages research
into new treatment strategies. Mind–body practices such as yoga and meditation have the …

Effects of yoga on psychological health in older adults

KB Bonura, G Tenenbaum - Journal of physical …, 2014 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: The objective of this study was to assess the effect of a yoga intervention on
psychological health in older adults. Method: A randomized controlled trial study, conducted …

Acute effects of aerobic exercise and Hatha yoga on craving to smoke

A Elibero, K Janse Van Rensburg… - Nicotine & Tobacco …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: Recent studies have examined the effects of physical activity on craving to
smoke and smoking withdrawal. The current study was designed to compare and contrast …

[HTML][HTML] Role of yoga in management of substance-use disorders: A narrative review

PP Kuppili, A Parmar, A Gupta… - Journal of neurosciences …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Substance use disorders are comparable to chronic medical illnesses and have a chronic
relapsing course. Despite being significant contributors to morbidity and mortality, limited …

Yoga and substance use disorders: A narrative review

S Sarkar, M Varshney - Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017 - Elsevier
Yoga has been utilized for promotion of health and alleviating distress. It has also been used
as a therapeutic measure in the field of mental health, including substance use disorders …

Between inhale and exhale: Yoga as an intervention in smoking cessation

CL Dai, M Sharma - Journal of evidence-based …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study provided a review of evidence-based yoga interventions' impact on
smoking cessation. The researchers reviewed articles obtained from MEDLINE (PubMed) …