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K. C. Pathak , A. K. Sarma , P. K. Hazarika , D. Neog , H. Mishra

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To meet the increasing demand of bamboos for industrial and other uses it is necessary to develop a standardized methodology for selecting plus clumps leading to effective genetic improvement. This has been attempted for some species e.g. Bambusa balcooa, B. bambos, B. nutans, B. pallida, B. tulda and Dendrocalamus hamiltonii. There is need for further investigations to study behaviour, vegetative multiplication of the plus clumps. The growth index for selection is given. Performance trials are in progress.

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A. Chandra , R. R. Kalita , N. N. Zhasa , H. Mishra , J. Singh

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A survey on demand and supply of fuel wood was conducted in the Titabor block of Jorhat District (Assam). Average family size was observed to be 5. Maximum respondent belongs to the OBC category. Agriculture is the main land use system in the region. Total extraction and consumption of fuel wood in the surveyed population is found to be 605.25 tonnes and 676.08 tonnes per year respectively. Per capita consumption was found to be 495 kg/year. Out of the total extraction , 77% comes from homestead , 14% from bamboostead and 9% from forest. About 96 percent of fuel wood is consumed in cooking. Total deficit in the area is found to be 10.47% while deficit excluding extraction bamboostead and forest is observed to be 30.99%. A total of 28 species are being exploited for fuel wood in the region. Family income , type of houses and caste are the major factors that govern the consumption of fuel wood in the area.

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R. R. Kalita , A. Chandra , H. Mishra , N. N. Zhasa

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A detailed survey on bamboo was conducted in the Majuli block of Jorhat District of Assam. Ten per cent of the total households were undertaken for the study. The average size of the family was found to be 5 and total population of the block was 1,35,378. About 68.75 % of the households had small landholding i.e. 1-2 ha. About 67.50 % of the families had kutcha types of house and remaining 32.50 % pucca types of houses. General category is the dominant caste in the area that counts 45.62 % of total population whereas SC population is least (1.88%). Mainly bamboo is used for construction and repair of house and fence, and also used as food (kharisa), firewood, etc. The total extraction and consumption of bamboo in Majuli is 84,747 and 48,736 tonnes per year. About 36,011 tonnes of bamboo is found surplus in the Majuli. The per capita extraction, consumption and surplus of bamboo is found to be 626, 360 and 266 kg per year respectively.

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D. Sargunaraj , V. Kumaraiah , H. Mishra , K. Anil Kumar

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Clients with anxiety neurosis selected according to Feighner et al s Research Diagnostic Criteria were assigned to experimental conditions I and II (n=8 in each group) and a Control group (n=5). All the clients were assessed on physiological (EMG, GSR and EEG - alpha) and psychological measures (Hanilton's Anxiety Rating Scale and the Behaviour Disorder Checklist) before and after a twenty day period. During this interval, clients in experimental condition I were trained to relax with EMG feedback, those in experimental condition II utilised alpha feedback and those in the control group had no contact with the clinic. The results of the analysis of the pre-post therapy changes among the three groups are discussed.

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Biofeedback, Electromyograph, Alpha Feedback, Anxiety Neurosis

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H. Mishra

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This paper gives a precise review about development and application of apotrepic therapy in cases of obsessive-compulsive neuroses. A chronic case of obsessive-compulsive disorder treated with apotrepic therapy is presented with behavioural analysis and a follow-up of seven years. It was found that some of the chronic obsessive-compulsive states respond favourably to a group of techniques than to an unimodal approach. Self-control for preventing relapse can be established.

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Apotrepic, Obsessive-compulsive, Modelling, Implosion, Response Prevention, Behavioural Analysis

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M. V. Thankachan , H. Mishra , V. Kumaraiah

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The present study is an attempt to modify the phobic reactions in children through behavioural techniques. A case of zoo phobia and another case of phobia of travel in automobiles have been presented with behavioural analysis, therapeutic programming and outcome.

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Colour - US - Technique, Emotive Imagery, Modelling, Desensitization

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S. Mehrotra , V. Kumaraiah , H. Mishra

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The feasibility and efficacy of using individualized behavioural package programmes in the management of insomnia was studied. The cases having an organic basis and those in which insomnia could have been secondary to another psychiatric diagnosis were not included. Five individuals went through a phase of seven days - baseline assessment in which Sleep disturbance Questionnaire, Arousal Predisposition scale and Sleep Diary were also gathered and Behavioural Analysis was done. Pre Intervention-data were used in tailoring of techniques to cases. In the therapeutic intervention phase of three weeks, the techniques used in varying combinations were Jacobson's Progressive Muscular Relaxation, Stimulus Control, Thought Stop, Cognitive Restructuring and Paradoxical Intention. The measures used in pre assessment were repeated in the post assessment phase of seven days. Improvements were noted in terms of statistical and clinical significance on such indices as sleep onset latency, length and number of awakenings, number of hours of sleep and quality of sleep.

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Persistent Psychophysiological Insomnia, Behavioural Intervention

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C. Gonzalvez , H. Mishra , H. R. Shashikala , V. Kumaraiah

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This study was conducted to find out the efficacy of Behavioural Intervention in the retraining of an aphasic. The patient had Broca's aphasia. Assessment was done using the Indianized version of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) at the beginning of therapy, after 20 sessions (mid-therapy) and after 40 sessions (post-therapy). After the initial assessment the therapeutic program was cited out using the aphasia retraining method developed at the Behaviour Therapy and Bio-feedback Unit of NIMHANS. The procedures were based on programmed instruction and operant conditioning. Results were analysed using the scores on 6 WAB parameters. Aphasia Quotient and overall language gains on the parameters of Spontaneous Speech, Auditory Verbal Comprehension, Repetition, Naming, Reading and Writing were computed and discussed. The findings revealed improvement on all the language modalities and a trend towards resolution to Transcortical motor aphasia. The efficacy of the Retraining procedure in this patient was established.

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Aphasia, Programmed Instruction, Operant Conditioning

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S. Shrivastava , V. Kumaraiah , H. Mishra

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The present study is an attempt to match varied behavioural strategies to individual cases of male sexual dysfunction and to assess the clinical significance of such interventions in the Indian set-up. Five clients completed the therapy programme. There of the clients treated had male erectile disorder and two had premature ejaculation with secondary impotence. Pre-therapy assessment was done after twelve sessions and post-therapy assessment after twenty five sessions. For assessment, behavioural analysis, Max Hamilton's anxiety and depression rating scales and Mishra's daily impotence rating scale were used. After assessment, based upon the behavioural formulation a therapeutic package comprising of Jacobson's progressive muscular relaxation, Masters and Johnson's technique, behavioural counselling and sex education was applied. The procedures were based on anxiety reduction, positive feed back and operant conditioning principles. Results were analysed using the client and his wife's report regarding sexual satisfaction and level of erection. Objective assessment of changes in associated anxiety and depression were analysed. The findings indicate that the behavioural package developed is efficacious for these clients. The clients reported greater sexual and marital satisfaction and improvement in strength and quality of erection.

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Male Erectile Disorder, Premature Ejaculation, Masters and Johnson's Technique

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P. S. D. V. Prasadarao , H. Mishra

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This article is an attempt to conceptualize alcohol dependence in a behavioural perspective. Behaviourally oriented models explaining alcohol dependence were discussed. A multidimensional model was formulated considering the predisposing factors (eg., personality), acquisitional factors (e.g., psychological cues) and maintaining factors (eg., alcohol related expectancies) concerning drinking and alcoholism. Accordingly, behavioural formulation was arrived at and a multidimensional therapeutic programme was discussed.

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Alcohol Dependence, Behavioural Intervention, Multidimensional Approach, Behavioural Formulation

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Anita Vasudevan , V. Kumaraiah , H. Mishra , J. P. Balodhi

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Seven tension headache cases were subjected to yogic Meditation for 30 sessions. Single group design with multiple assessment was adopted. The pre, mid and post, assessments were carried out using Psychophysiological measures viz. EMG and GSR and Psychobehavioural measures viz. Visual Analogue Scale. Results indicate no statistically significant reduction in the frontalis muscle tension and skin conductance in the group, although clinically there have been a decline in these measures. Statistically significant reduction in pain perception was observed on the Visual Analogue Scale. Yogic meditation was effective in reducing tension headache.

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Yogic Meditation, Psychophysiological and Psychobehavioural Measures, Tension Headache

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S. Karpe , V. Kumaraiah , H. Mishra , S. Sheshadri

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The efficacy of stress inoculation training (SIT) in anger outbursts of adolescents was studied. Those cases having an organic basis and those with any psychiatric disorders or with substance abuse or dependence were not included in the study. The sample consisted of five adolescent boys, four of whom completed the therapeutic program. The baseline assessment consisted of a clinical interview with the adolescent and parents, scores on the anger assessment checklist and visual analogue scale ratings. The adolescents subsequently underwent 25 sessions of therapy which was split into 10 sessions of Jacobson's Progressive Muscular Relaxation and 15 sessions of Stress Inoculation Training and Relaxation. Anger assessment checklist was readministered mid-therapy (after 10 sessions) and post-therapy (after 25 sessions) and visual analogue scale was rated daily by the adolescents. In addition the adolescents also maintained a 'stress diary'. A trend analysis using ANOVA for repeated measures was carried out. There was a significant reduction in scores from pre to post therapy assessment and the F ratio was significant at 0.01 level.

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Anger, Stress Inoculation Training (SIT)

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Rupalee Mandke , H. Mishra , V. Kumaraiah , S. T. Yagaval

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This study was an attempt to find out the effectiveness of biofeedback induced relaxation and behavioural counselling in reducing the physical symptoms, anxiety and pain in five cases of coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Single case design with pre and post intervention assessments was adopted. 25 sessions of therapy was carried out with each subject over 30 days besides five sessions of pre and post intervention assessments. The results revealed remarkable improvement in their physical symptoms, anxiety and subjective well-being.

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Post-operative, Coronary Heart Disease, Biofeedback, Behavioural Counselling, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Single Case Design

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S. Sharma , V. Kumaraiah , H. Mishra

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This study assessed the effectiveness of stress inoculation training (SIT) for test anxiety. Individuals with any psychiatric disorder, substance abuse/dependence or organicity were not included in the study. The sample consisted of five test-anxious female students, four of whom completed the therapy program. The baseline assessment consisted of a clinical interview with the subjects and parents and scores on the Hindi Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI-H) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI-H) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S). After twenty-five sessions of therapy post therapy measures were collected on the TAI-H and the STAI-S. There was a significant reduction in anxiety scores from pre-therapy to post-therapy assessment.

Keywords

Test Anxiety, Stress Inoculation Training

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