BMC complementary medicine and therapies
September 8, 2023
Chuyuan Miao, Yun Gao, Xiaohua Li et al.
19 citations
A systematic review and meta-analysis of nine randomized controlled trials (581 participants) examined whether mindfulness yoga helps people with major depressive disorder. The analysis found that mindfulness yoga significantly reduced depression symptoms compared to control conditions, though the evidence was not conclusive enough to firmly recommend it. During follow-up, two trials showed a significant benefit. The authors suggest mindfulness yoga may be a feasible, acceptable, and promising intervention for depression.
Frontiers in psychiatry
January 1, 2025
Ying Zhou, Zai-Mei Tang, Lin Mei et al.
2 citations
An online mindfulness group therapy program for women with twin pregnancies prevented worsening of postpartum depression symptoms, improved mindfulness, and reduced perceived stress. The randomized controlled trial assigned 120 women to either six weekly 120-minute mindfulness sessions or usual care. Among the 109 who completed the intervention, those in the mindfulness group showed lower postpartum depressive symptoms and a lower incidence of low birth weight in their infants. The benefits held even when accounting for participants who did not finish the full study. The findings suggest that group mindfulness interventions integrated into prenatal care can help mitigate depression and stress in women expecting twins.
Journal of advanced nursing
November 7, 2025
Yingying Qin, Ying Zhou, Wenjing Wang et al.
Transitional-age youth with major depressive disorder experience pervasive abnormalities in how they perceive time and space. In a descriptive phenomenological qualitative study at a psychiatric hospital in China, 17 participants described five overarching themes: disturbance of time order, slackening of the flow of time, vital inhibition, desynchronisation of social rhythms, and disturbance of lived space. These disturbances shape their sense of self, personal development, relationships, and engagement with the world. Desynchronisation of social rhythms appears to be a unique and developmentally salient challenge for this group. The findings expand phenomenological understandings of major depressive disorder and highlight developmental vulnerabilities during this critical life phase.