Publications by authors named "L UEbelacker"

Depression is a prevalent mental health condition in the United States and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. The treatment guidelines for depression recommends either psychotherapy, such as behavioral activation (BA), or a second-generation antidepressant as a first-line treatment for adult patients with depression. However, many individuals with depression do not experience improvement from first-line treatments or choose not to engage in them due to stigma, cost, difficulty with access, and/or side effects.

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  • A study was conducted on 80 participants with moderate-to-severe depression, who participated in an 8-week trial of heated Bikram yoga to evaluate its effects on their mental health.
  • Participants reported immediate improvements in their depressive symptoms after yoga sessions, with most noting overall positive effects throughout the intervention, such as better sleep, mood, and energy levels.
  • However, some participants also expressed negative experiences with the classes, including dissatisfaction with instruction, difficulty, and boredom, though the majority reported mixed feelings with both positive and negative effects.
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Incarceration represents an opportune moment to improve self-management of anger and aggression. A hatha yoga-based intervention (YBI) could serve as a useful adjunctive intervention for anger within prisons. We enrolled 40 people with elevated levels of anger who were incarcerated (20 in a women's facility, and 20 in a men's facility) in a 10-week pilot randomized controlled trial of a YBI versus.

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Pain, substance use, and mental health conditions are common among people living with HIV (PLWH), and avoidance and rumination may influence the co-occurrence of these conditions. The present study examined longitudinal associations between avoidance/rumination and pain outcomes, anxiety, anger, and substance use among PLWH. Participants (N = 187) with chronic pain and depressive symptoms completed self-report assessments over a 1-year period.

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