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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 |
| Information provided by: | Victim Services Center, Miami |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00290225 |
Purpose
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 |
| MedlinePlus related topics: | Depression Drinking Water Mental Health Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Stress |
| 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 |
Eligibility
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contacts and Locations| Victim Services Center, Miami |
| National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, India |
| India: Art of Living Foundation |
| India: International Association for Human Values |
| 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 |
More Information
Victim Services Center, Miami 
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International Association for Human Values 
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Related research to the BWS intervention 
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| Study ID Numbers: | VSCIAHVNIMHANS |
| First Received: | February 8, 2006 |
| Last Updated: | May 2, 2007 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00290225 |
| Health Authority: | India: Institutional Review Board |
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