Exercise-based Program for Rehabilitation of Veterans With Severe Mental Illness
This is a hybrid1, effectiveness-implementation study of yoga-based exercises (YE) as an adjunctive tool for rehabilitation among persons with Severe Mental Illness (SMI). The two-arm randomized controlled trial will compare the efficacy of YE compared to the Wellness Lifestyle Program (WLP). Primary outcomes of the study will be self-report and performance-based measures of community functioning, defined in the investigators study as social, leisure, employment, and life skills functioning in the community. Secondary outcomes will include cognition and physical fitness measures.
• Written informed consent;
• age 18-70 years;
• DSM-5 diagnosis of
‣ schizophrenia,
⁃ schizoaffective disorder,
⁃ bipolar 1 disorder,
• DSM-5 diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar 1 disorder including those with a co-morbid
‣ alcohol use disorder or substance use disorder;
⁃ clinically stable;
• clinical global impression-severity (CGI-S) scores mild to moderately ill