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- Title
Amelioration of mild and moderate depression through Pranic Healing as adjuvant therapy: randomised double-blind controlled trial.
- Authors
Rajagopal, R.; Jois, Srikanth N.; Mallikarjuna Majgi, Sumanth; Anil Kumar, M. N.; Shashidhar, H. B.
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>Depression is a mental disorder, affecting the quality of life. Our study explores the efficacy of Pranic Healing (PH), as an adjuvant therapy in treating depression Methods: In this randomised double-blind controlled trial, 52 participants with a mean age of 34.4 years, with mild to moderate depression were assessed using the Hamilton Depression Rating (HAM-D) scale during the 5-week study. Both Medication + PH (MedPH) and Medication + Mock PH (MedMockPH) groups comprising 26 members received Pranic and mock healing lasting 20 minutes per session respectively once a week for 4 weeks, along with the antidepressant drug.<bold>Results: </bold>The average decrease in HAM-D score in MedPH was median 11 (Interquartile Range (IQR) 7-12) and was significantly higher compared with the MedMockPH group median 6.5 (IQR 3-9). At pre-assessment, both groups had 8 cases of mild and 18 cases of moderate depression. At post-assessment, HAM-D showed that the improvement in depression category was seen in 69.2% of participants in the MedMockPH group and 100% in MedPH group.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These results give first the evidence that PH can aid as an adjuvant therapy for depressed people.
- Subjects
MENTAL depression; THERAPEUTICS; QUALITY of life; HEALING -- Psychological aspects; FLOW charts; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; CHARTS, diagrams, etc.
- Publication
Australasian Psychiatry, 2018, Vol 26, Issue 1, p82
- ISSN
1039-8562
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1039856217726449