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| Published: March 25, 2015
Spiritual Beliefs and Quality of Life among Persons with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS),(Institute of National Importance) No: 137, 1st floor, Dr. M. V. Govindaswamy Centre, Department of Psychiatric Social Work NIMHANS, Hosur Road, Bangalore Google Scholar More about the auther
Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), (Institute of National Importance) No: 137, 1st floor, Dr. M. V. Govindaswamy Centre, Department of Psychiatric Social Work NIMHANS, Hosur Road, Bangalore Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.068/20140202
DOI: 10.25215/0202.068
ABSTRACT
Spirituality as propagated through Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has resulted in the attainment of sobriety for many persons with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome. The aim of the study was to see the association between Spiritual Beliefs and Quality of Life. We conducted a study using a cross sectional design where two groups (AA and hospital based program) from Bangalore consisting of 60 respondents were recruited for the study and standardized tools were used. The findings suggest that the AA group had a longer duration of abstinence and a positive association was observed between spiritual beliefs and quality of life. Support groups like the AA, are to be integrated as part of the holistic treatment for persons with addiction related disorders.
Keywords
Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS), Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Abstinence, Spirituality and Quality of Life
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.
© 2015 I J Arthur, D Pandian
Received: December 30, 2014; Revision Received: January 23, 2015; Accepted: March 25, 2015
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.068/20140202
10.25215/0202.068
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Published in Volume 02, Issue 2, January-March, 2015