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  • Part VI - Technology, Energy, Materials, and Socio-Environmental Research

  • Edited by William R. Burnside, Simone Pulver, University of California, Santa Barbara, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Cornell University, New York, Meghan L. Avolio, The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, Steven M. Alexander, University of Waterloo, Ontario
  • Book:
    Foundations of Socio-Environmental Research
    Published online:
    18 November 2022
    Print publication:
    08 December 2022, pp 645-652

  • Summary

    A distinct branch of socio-environmental research, grounded in the physical principles of conservation of mass and energy, applies a systems modeling approach to society–environment interactions, emphasizing material and energy flows. Technology and technological advancement, alongside population and resources, feature prominently in determining the metabolisms linking society and nature. This approach mostly focuses on analyzing industrial systems (e.g. Ayers and Kneese, Meadows et al., Beck, Graedel et al.) but also offers insight on agrarian societies (Boserup) and hunter-gatherer communities (Fischer–Kowalski). Across these levels of social organization, technology is variously viewed as overcoming the limits nature places on society, as facilitating the resource exploitation and production of waste that lead to social collapse, or as the basis for internalizing externalities and building a circular economy. Key readings constituting this branch of socio-environmental research draw on tools from economics and engineering, such as input–output models, system models, feedback loops, environmental impact analysis, and material and energy flow accounting.

  • P0074 - Effect of yoga on depression and anxiety of women referred to yoga clinic

  • M. Javanbakht, M. Morvarid, R. Hejazi Kenari
  • Journal:
    European Psychiatry / Volume 23 / Issue S2 / April 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    16 April 2020, pp. S213-S214
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  • Background and Aims:

    Yoga has been considered a stress decreasing method in treatment of depression and anxiety disorders whose prevalence is unfortunately increasing gradually.The goal of this study is to evaluate the influence of yoga on depression and anxiety in women referred to yoga clinic.

    Methods:

    This is a clinical trial study on all persons who were referred to a yoga clinic for women, from July 2006 to July 2007. All new cases were evaluated on admission using a personal information questionnaire, Beck and Speilberger tests, and then divided into two groups of case and control randomly. The case group (n=34) participated in two weekly yoga classes of 90 min duration for two months. The control group (n=31) were assigned to a waiting list. Both groups were evaluated again after two months.

    Results:

    The average prevalence of depression in the case group before and after yoga course was 12.82 ±7.9 and 10.79 ±6.04 respectively, a statistically insignificant decrease (p=0.13).

    However, compared with the control group, the women who participated in yoga classes showed a significant decrease in state anxiety (p=0.03)and trait anxiety (p<0.001).

    Conclusions:

    Participation in a two month yoga class is very likely to lead to significant improvement in anxiety of women who suffer from anxiety disorders.

    This study suggests that yoga can be considered as a complementary therapy or an alternative method for medical therapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders.