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| Published: September 25, 2016
Effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on Patients Suffering From Depression
Former Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Research & Development, Raksha Shakti University, Ahmedabad, India
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Lecturer, Institute of Behaviour Science, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, India
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Ph.D Research Scholar, Sardar Patel University, Anand, India
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DIP: 18.01.119/20160304
DOI: 10.25215/0304.119
ABSTRACT
Clinical depression is one of the most common and debilitating of the psychiatric disorders. The individual usually suffers from depressed mood, loss of interest and enjoyment, and reduced energy leading to increased fatiguability and diminished activity. Marked tiredness after only slight effort is common. The aim of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour therapy on patient suffering from depression. Total sample size was 16 patients diagnosed with depression according to ICD-10. Two groups were formed, 8 in control group and 8 in experimental group respectively. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy was given to experiment group only. The results show that a significant difference was found between the experimental and control group.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2016, M Panchal, R Singh, H Gamit
Received: July 14, 2016; Revision Received: August 25, 2016; Accepted: September 25, 2016
Panchal. M @ manishapsy@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.119/20160304
10.25215/0304.119
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Published in Volume 03, Issue 4, July-September, 2016