Temple treatment for psychiatric illness A six-week stay at a Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu can produce the same improvement in people with severe psychiatric disorders as a month-long course of standard drugs, say researchers in India. A team led by Ramanathan Raguram of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore studied all 31 people who came for help and stayed at the Muthuswamy temple in Velayuthampalayampudur between June and August 2000. The patients were evaluated by a trained psychiatrist. Six were diagnosed with delusional disorders, 23 with paranoid schizophrenia and two with bipolar disorder. At the end of their stays, their scores on test called the brief psychiatric rating scale had improved by an average of nearly 20 per cent. No specific rituals or ceremonies intended to improve mental health were performed in the temple. The patients attended a simple morning prayer for 15 minutes, and then spent the rest of the day helping out wi...
ஆலய அதிசயங்கள்!! 1. திருவண்ணாமலை சுவாமி எப்போதுமே ராஜகோபுரம் வழியாக வராமல் பக்கத்து வாசல் வழியாகத்தான் வெளியே வருவார். 2. மதுரை மீனாட்சியம்மன் கோவிலில் மொத்தம் 14 கோபு...
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