ENLIGHTMENT THROUGH MINDFULNESS: TERMINATION OF DEPRESSION AMONG DRUG ADDICTS *********************
Journal Title: Academic Research International - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Medicine is not only the cure of any illness other factors like paying attention on purpose (mindfulness) also play a vital role in the termination of physical and psychological illness. Present study was aimed to explore the relationship between mindfulness and depression among drug addicts. Randomly selected sample of 60 drug addicts was taken from Nai Zindagi Hospital, Multan and Nishtar Hospital Multan. The Mindfulness Attention Awareness Sacle (Brown & Ryan, 2003) and Beck Depression Inventory (Beck, 1987) were used. Results indicated a significant negative relationship between mindfulness and depression. These results depicted that as mindfulness in drug addicts will increase depression will terminate as well. The findings showed that married and single drug addicts have significance difference on the level of mindfulness but no difference on the level of depression. The findings pertaining to educational differences showed that educated and uneducated drugs addicts have no significance differences on the level of mindfulness and depression.
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Sidra Liaquat, Momina Abid
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