COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF GEETAM AND CHANDRANULOMAVILOMA PRANAYAMA IN KRODHA

Krodha is a Manasika Vikara which can be assessed by Droha done by another person. Here is an attempt made to evaluate the efficacy of Geetam and Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama in the management of Krodha. Forty subjects fulfilling the diagnostic and inclusion criteria were selected and randomly assigned into two groups. Group A was treated with Geetam, and Group B were treated with Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama. The effect of treatment was assessed based on symptoms of Krodha, Intermittent explosive disorder and Buss and Perry Scale. Both Geetam and Chandra Anuloma Viloma Pranayama showed a statistically significant effect on the assessment criteria. On comparison between two groups, there is no statistically significant difference between Group A and Group B. Thus, the null hypothesis is rejected, and the alternative hypothesis (H1) is accepted i.e., There is an equivalent effect of both Geetam and Chandra Anuloma Viloma pranayama in the management of the Krodha. Keywords: Geetam; Chandra Anuloma Viloma, Pranayama; Krodha; Aggression; Intermittent explosive disorder.

Gender Moderates the Association Between Exposure to Interpersonal Violence and Intermittent Explosive Disorder Diagnosis

Exposure to interpersonal violence (EIV) is a prevalent risk-factor for aggressive behavior; however, it is unclear whether the effect of EIV on clinically significant aggressive behavior is similar across gender. We examined whether gender moderates the association between experiencing and witnessing interpersonal violence and the diagnosis of intermittent explosive disorder (IED). We also examined potential pathways that might differentially account for the association between EIV and IED in men and women, including emotion regulation and social information processing (SIP). Adult men and women ( N = 582), who completed a semistructured clinical interview for syndromal and personality disorders, were classified as healthy controls (HC; n = 118), psychiatric controls (PC; n = 146) or participants with an IED diagnosis ( n = 318). Participants also completed the life history of experienced aggression (LHEA) and life history of witnessed aggression (Lhwa) structured interview and self-report measures of emotion regulation and SIP. Men reported more EIV over the lifetime. In multiple logistic regression analysis, experiencing and witnessing aggression within the family and experiencing aggression outside the family were associated with lifetime IED diagnosis. We found that the relationship between EIV and IED was stronger in women than in men. Affective dysregulation mediated certain forms of EIV, and this relation was observed in both men and women. SIP biases did not mediate the relation between EIV and IED. EIV across the lifespan is a robust risk factor for recurrent, clinically significant aggressive behavior (i.e., IED). However, the relationship between EIV and IED appears to be stronger in women. Further, this relation appears partially mediated by affective dysregulation.