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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Clinical Psychology, Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidhyalaya, Hardwar, GB
Source
Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol 5, No 4 (2014), Pagination: 456-460
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to assess impact of hypnotherapy in mitigating the symptoms of depression. 50 Participants were selected through accidental sampling from various psychiatric clinics of Delhi (India). Educational, economic and age related factors treated as control variable. For the obtaining the score on depression, MDS (Mental Depression Scale) was used, which has 50 items, based on Yes/No response of participants for assessing level of Depression. Research was based on Pre-test and Post-test research design. Statistically analysis was done by paired t test. Results indicate that the "t" value, 14.21, which is significant at 0.01 level of confidence, shows that hypnotherapy mitigates the symptoms of depression.
Keywords
Hypnotherapy and Depression.
