OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether Sudarshan Kriya and related practices (SK_P) can lead to increased global assessment of functioning (GAF) and increased feeling of wellness in male prisoners with a non @entity146 . METHODOLOGY: This is a six month parallel randomized controlled study with sample size of 230 male prisoners. @entity1 meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria were assigned to a study or control group by simple random allocation in which random allocation sequence was generated using a random number table. Each individual study @entity1 was involved in a daily program of SK_P for six weeks. Each individual control @entity1 was instructed to sit in an armchair with his eyes closed and gentle attention to their breath for duration of six weeks. To be included in this study, a @entity1 must be a male prisoner diagnosed to be suffering from a @entity146 (except @entity716 and @entity162 [ @entity162 ]) by ICD-10 (DCR) criteria with age between 18 and 65 years. RESULTS: Majority of subjects were unemployed married individuals, educated until undermatric level and not having occupational skills of more than an unskilled labor level. Practicing SK_P for six weeks led to improvement in mean  SD score of study @entity1 in GAF, @entity148 ( @entity148 ), depressed mood (DEP), positive well being (PWB), general health (GH), self control (SC), vitality (VT) and total positive general well being (PGWB). Change in mean  SD score of study @entity1 when compared with control @entity1 was statistically significant in terms of GAF, @entity148 , DEP, PWB, GH and PGWB. Increase in SC and VT scores was statistically insignificant when compared with control @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Practicing SK_P helps in improving GAF, PWB, GH and total PGWB of an individual. SK_P also causes significant reduction in @entity148 and @entity308 levels. Effect of SK_P on SC and VT is insignificant.

Effect of Sudarshan Kriya on male prisoners with non XXXX : A randomized control trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'participant', 'Participants'] @entity162 :: ('MESH:D001714', 'Disease') :: ['bipolar affective disorder', 'BPAD'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychotic psychiatric disorder', 'psychiatric disorder'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['ANX', 'anxiety'] @entity716 :: ('MESH:D011605', 'Disease') :: ['psychosis']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychotic psychiatric disorders']
