| Titel: | Effects of a Yoga Breath Intervention Alone and in Combination with an Exposure Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Survivors of the 2004 South-East Asia Tsunami |
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| Autor: | Descilo, T. Vedamurtachar, A. Gerbarg, P. L. Nagaraja, D. Gangadhar, B. N. Damodaran, B. Adelson, B. Braslow, L. H. Marcus, S. Brown, R. P. |
| Mediengruppe: | journal article |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica |
| Jahr: | 2010 |
| Band: | 121 |
| Heft: | 4 |
| Seiten: | 289-300 |
| Sprache: | English |
| Abstract: | Objective: This study evaluated the effect of a yoga breath program alone and followed by a trauma reduction exposure technique on post-traumatic stress disorder and depression in survivors of the 2004 Asian tsunami. Method: In this non-randomized study, 183 tsunami survivors who scored 50 or above on the Post-traumatic Checklist-17 (PCL-17) were assigned by camps to one of three groups: yoga breath intervention, yoga breath intervention followed by 3-8 h of trauma reduction exposure technique or 6-week wait list. Measures for post-traumatic stress disorder (PCL-17) and depression (BDI-21) were performed at baseline and at 6, 12 and 24 weeks. Data were analyzed using anova and mixed effects regression. Results: The effect of treatment vs. control was significant at 6 weeks (F‚ÇÇ,178 = 279.616, P < 0.001): mean PCL-17 declined by 42.5 10.0 SD with yoga breath, 39.2 17.2 with Yoga breath + exposure and 4.6 13.2 in the control. Conclusion: Yoga breath-based interventions may help relieve psychological distress following mass disasters. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract) |