Yoga for COVID-19 and natural disaster related mental health issues: Challenges and perspectives

Ramdas Ransing; Mariana Pinto da Costa; Frances Adiukwu; Paolo Grandinetti; Andre Luiz Schuh Teixeira; Ozge Kilic; Joan Soler-Vidal; Rodrigo Ramalho

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102386

Yoga for COVID-19 and natural disaster related mental health issues: Challenges and perspectives

Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Oct:53:102386. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102386. Epub 2020 Aug 27.

Authors

Ramdas Ransing¹, Mariana Pinto da Costa², Frances Adiukwu³, Paolo Grandinetti⁴, Andre Luiz Schuh Teixeira⁵, Ozge Kilic⁶, Joan Soler-Vidal⁷, Rodrigo Ramalho⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Ratnagiri, 415606, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: ramdas_ransing123@yahoo.co.in.
² Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, London, E138SP, UK; Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Hospital de Magalhães Lemos, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: mariana.pintodacosta@gmail.com.
³ Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. East-West Road, Alakahia, PMB 6173, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Electronic address: Francesadiukwu@gmail.com.
⁴ Addictions Services (SerD), Department of Territorial Assistance, ASL Teramo, Teramo, Italy. Electronic address: grandinetti.paolo@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 2350, Brazil. Electronic address: andreschuht@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Koç University Hospital, Davutpasa Cad. No:4, 34010, Topkapi, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: drozgekilic@gmail.com.
⁷ Fidmag Research Foundation, Hermanas Hospitalarias, Barcelona, 08830, Spain; Hospital Benito Menni CASM, Hermanas Hospitalarias, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08035, Spain; Medicine and Translational Research Doctorate Programme, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: joan.soler.vidal@gmail.com.
⁸ Department of Social and Community Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: r.ramalho@auckland.ac.nz.

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / psychology
Civil Defense / methods
Cyclonic Storms
Fear / psychology
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Meditation* / methods
Meditation* / psychology
Mental Disorders* / epidemiology
Mental Disorders* / prevention & control
Mental Disorders* / psychology
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Mental Health*
Natural Disasters
Psychological Distress
Psychosocial Intervention / methods*
SARS-CoV-2
Yoga / psychology*