Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 – 9:00 am
Movement, Breath and Psyche: Yoga and Other Mind-Body Therapies for Treating Major Depression
Sudha Prathikanti, MD

Learning objectives:

• To summarize some key limitations of conventional treatments for major depression, including remission rates;
• To identify methodological challenges in designing clinical trials of mind-body therapies for major depression;
• To describe at least two mind-body therapies with findings of moderate efficacy in major depression;
• To compare the study population, control group and results of the Osher RCT of yoga for major depression with previous yoga studies in the literature.

Disclosure: Dr. Prathikanti has stated that she has no relationships to disclose.

CME Information
Accreditation: The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing education for physicians.

Designation: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.