Mental health

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Figure 1: Mean BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory) score for participants in the walking group (control) and in the yoga group in Week 0 (pre-intervention) and Week 12 (post-intervention). **: significant difference between value for Week 0 and Week 12; ns: no significant difference between Week 0 and Week 12.

Figure 2: Mean PANAS score (Positive and Negative Affect Scale) for participants in the walking group (control) and in the yoga group in Week 0 (pre-intervention) and Week 12 (post-intervention). **: significant difference between value for Week 0 and Week 12; ns: no significant difference between Week 0 and Week 12.

Figure 3: Mean brain GABA levels for participants in the walking group (control) and in the yoga group in Week 0 (pre-intervention) and Week 12 (post-intervention). **: significant difference between value for Week 0 and Week 12; ns: no significant difference between Week 0 and Week 12.

Figure 4: Mean blood cortisol levels for participants in the walking group (control) and in the yoga group in Week 0 (pre-intervention) and Week 12 (post-intervention). **: significant difference between value for Week 0 and Week 12; ns: no significant difference between Week 0 and Week 12.
i.    Did the yoga intervention, compared to the walking, have a significant psychological effect or not? Support your answer using the information available in Figures 1 and 2 and include approximate data in your answer. (150 words) (6 marks)
ii.    Did the yoga intervention have a significant biological effect or not? Support your answer using the information available in Figures 3 and 4 and include approximate data in your answer. (150 words) (6 marks)
iii.    Are the findings of the study consistent with a ‘biopsychosocial’ approach to the understanding of mental health? Briefly explain your answer. (100 words) (3 marks)
iv.    Using information and evidence provided in SDK228 Books 1 and 2, explain what GABA is, how and where it acts, and the expected consequences of a change in levels of GABA on the brain and on mental health. (150 words) (6 marks)
v.    Are the findings of the study consistent with what you would expect from a change in GABA levels? Explain your answer. (50 words) (2 marks)
vi.    What aspect of the yoga practice (mentioned in the account above) was not controlled for in the walking group? (20 words) (2 marks)
vii.    Explain briefly, using the information available in SDK228, about the workings of the autonomic nervous system and how this aspect of the yoga practice might be linked to the changes shown in Figure 4 in the yoga participants. (80 words) (5 marks)

criteria:

Utilises evidence for practice.
Interprets the scenario.
Demonstrates critical thinking.
Academic literacy.
Academic integrity

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