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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Victim Services Center, Miami National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, India India: Art of Living Foundation India: International Association for Human Values |
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Information provided by: | Victim Services Center, Miami |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00290225 |
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.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Depression |
Behavioral: Breath Water Sound Course and Traumatic Incident Reduction |
Phase III |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment |
Official Title: | Controlled Trial of Yoga Breath Based Group Intervention and Client-Centered Exposure Treatment for Relief of Traumatic Stress and Depression in Tsunami Victims |
Enrollment: | 180 |
Study Start Date: | June 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2005 |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Principal Investigator: | Vedamurthy Achar, Ph.D. | National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India |
Principal Investigator: | Teresa Descilo, MSW | Victim Services Center, Miami |
Study Director: | R. Damodoran, MA | International Association for Human Values |
Study ID Numbers: | VSCIAHVNIMHANS |
Study First Received: | February 8, 2006 |
Last Updated: | May 2, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00290225 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | India: Institutional Review Board |
Posttraumatic stress disorder depression disaster mental health |
yoga Breathwork exposure treatments |
Depression Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Mood Disorders Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
Stress Depressive Disorder Stress Disorders, Traumatic Behavioral Symptoms |
Pathologic Processes Depression Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Mood Disorders |
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Depressive Disorder Stress Disorders, Traumatic Behavioral Symptoms |