To determine if Yoga can benefit individuals at risk for suicide by measuring change to their clinical and biological parameters.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/12/022219
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of science and technology_ Science and technology of Yoga and Meditation
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Patients
1 Subjects having attempted suicide within the last 1 month
2 Currently medically stable
3 Age from 18 â?? 60 years
4 Both genders
Healthy subjects:
1 Age from 18 â?? 60 years
2 Both genders
3 No history of suicidal attempts or presence of Psychiatric Illnesses
Patients:
1 Mental retardation, Autism or any other developmental disorder.
2 Acute psychotic symptoms that limit the individualâ??s ability to participate in Yoga
therapy
3 Individuals with medical complications or sequelae of the suicidal attempt
4 Patients undergoing Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
5 Individuals with medically unstable conditions like coronary artery disease,
fracture, active seizure disorders.
6 Individuals not consenting for study.
Healthy subjects:
1 Individuals with any psychiatric disorder as per DSM IV-TR.
2 Individuals with medically unstable conditions like coronary artery disease,
fracture, active seizure disorders.
3 Individuals with prior suicidal attempt
4 Individuals not consenting for study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -The effectiveness of Yoga as an add-on treatment for recent suicidal attempts. <br/ ><br>- HAM-D scores are expected to reduce. <br/ ><br>-Columbia suicide severierty rating scale (C-SSRS) scores are expected to improve. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 3 years <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the plasma levels of growth factors, neurotrophic and stress <br/ ><br>biomarker (Cortisol) of recent suicidal attempt patients receiving add-on Yoga <br/ ><br>therapy in comparison to both recent suicidal attempt patients on conventional <br/ ><br>treatment as well as healthy subjects.Timepoint: 3 years