Yoga Breath Program and Client-Centered Exposure for Relief of PTSD in Tsunami Victims

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-06-30

Study Completion Date

2005-12-31

Brief Summary

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Study hypothesis: that a standardized course of Eastern practices (Breath Water Sound Course -BWS) will significantly relieve PTSD and depression in tsunami victims. Further, that a client-centered exposure treatment (Traumatic Incident Reduction- TIR) would provide additional, significant relief of PTSD and depression in tsunami victims.

180 tsunami victims in Southern India will be divided into three groups: those that only receive BWS course, those that receive the BWS course and TIR and a wait-list control. They will be pretested with the PCL-17 (PTSD scale), the Beck Depression Inventory and the General Health Questionaire. These scales will also be administered post-service as well as five weeks post pre-testing and at three and six month intervals.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Depression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Breath Water Sound Course and Traumatic Incident Reduction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Tsunami witness, tsunami victim, and/or lost loved one or property.
2. Ages 18-70
3. Willing to participate for the entire length of this research study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Drug addiction, notwithstanding alcohol or tobacco.
2. Schizophrenia or other severe pre-existing mental illness
3. Severe physical disability or illness that would prevent study completion.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Principal Investigators

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Vedamurthy Achar, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India

Teresa Descilo, MSW

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Victim Services Center, Miami

R. Damodoran, MA

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

International Association for Human Values

References

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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. Sudarshan Kriya Yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and depression. Part II--clinical applications and guidelines. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Aug;11(4):711-7. doi: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.711.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

PMID: 16131297 (View on PubMed)

Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. Sudarshan Kriya yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and depression: part I-neurophysiologic model. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Feb;11(1):189-201. doi: 10.1089/acm.2005.11.189.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

PMID: 15750381 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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VSCIAHVNIMHANS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id