Patients with Depression and Mindfulness-Based Intervention: A Study in Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

Background: Mindfulness has been adopted in western culture and it has many forms which was combined with other psychological therapies. Mindfulness practice is a realization of being in the present. Mindfulness-Based Intervention has been designed to help people for mental well-being as mental health became one of the most leading causes of health issues.  Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health issues found in every age group. This research is to study the effect of mindfulness-based intervention on Depression patients from Tribal society of Arunachal Pradesh. Methods: The present study is quasi-experimental research that will follow one group pre-test- post-test design. Sample size is 20 patients (based on age, education, language, socio-economic status) on the basis of the purposive sampling technique. The tool Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 21 was used, which was developed by Fernando Gomez (1995). Result: Mindfulness-based intervention shows a positive result in reducing the symptoms of depression despite of their differences in the base of their demographic details. This study shows that mindfulness-based intervention was beneficial for Tribal society of Arunachal Pradesh. Conclusion: Tribal society of Arunachal Pradesh who was unaware of mental health till COVID-19 Pandemic hits and it has bought lots of changes in terms of new normal. It has highlighted that mental health matters just like physical health. Through this study it has found that people of tribal society can benefit from mindfulness-based interventions and the treatment approach for mental well-being will be viewed from a new perspective.