Browsing by Author "Prakash, R."

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    Effect of meta-cognitive training in the reduction of positive symptoms in schizophrenia
    (Taylor and Francis, 2010-08-03) Dubey, Indu; Kumar, D.; Haq, M.Z.U.; Dotiwala, K.N.; Siddiqui, S.V.; Prakash, R.; Abhishek, P.; Nizamie, S.H.
    Metacognitive training (MCT), a variant of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, is a recently developed therapeutic method that targets active positive symptoms, primarily delusions. It translates basic research related to cognitive biases behind these symptoms into a training procedure for schizophrenia patients. To see the effectiveness of MCT a total of sixteen recently admitted schizophrenia patients were randomly divided into two groups. One group underwent treatment as usual (TAU) and the other group underwent MCT plus TAU. The MCT group showed steeper decline in positive symptoms with medium to large effect sizes. Findings are discussed in the light of their practical implications.
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    Long-term Vihangam Yoga meditation and scores on tests of attention
    (Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2010-06-01) Dubey, Indu; Prakash, R.; Abhishek, P.; Gupta, S.K.; Rastogi, P.; Siddiqui, S.V.
    Although the literature indicates that meditation has beneficial effects on several aspects of human functioning, few studies have specifically investigated the effects of meditation on various domains of attention. This study was conducted to examine the differences in various domains of attention between long-term concentrative meditators versus matched controls. 15 practitioners of Vihangam Yoga (> 10 yr. experience) were enrolled in the study. Controls matched on age, sex, and years of education were recruited. Both groups were administered the Stroop, Trail-Making, and Digit Symbol Substitution tests as well as the Digit Forward and Digit Backward tests. The group of Vihangam Yogis had significantly better mean performance on all tests of attention. Long-term Vihangam Yoga meditation improves attention span, processing speed, attention alternation ability, and performance in interference tests.