• SHWETA JHA
• Dr.digambar darekar

A group offers a valuable experience where individuals not only have a therapist to help them with their problems but also have opportunity to learn from the experiences of other group members. And, as BA works on the assumption that depression results from changes in the patient’s life circumstances or his/her environment which causes reduction in positive reinforcement; a group based BA would really be efficacious in treatment as it will offer individuals taking treatment learn through using behavioural techniques during the sessions with other group members. Depression been identified as the leading cause of disability worldwide, (WHO, 2018) it is important to explore a cost effective and time efficient therapeutic measure to treat. Also, in Indian context there is a scarcity of intervention based studies for treating depression using behavioural techniques alone and thus, with this aim; the present study is set to explore the effect of group based behaviour activation therapy in treating major depressive disorder. The subjects in the study were assessed and reassessed using Beck Depression Inventory. The data gathered was analyzed using Regression analysis of mixed between –within ANOVA (Split – Plot Analysis). The result indicated that individuals receiving behaviour activation group intervention showed improvement in their level of depression over time in comparison to wait list control; thus Behaviour Activation was effective in treating and prolonging relapse along with improving condition of individuals suffering from Major Depressive Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder, Behaviour Activation Group Therapy, relapse prevention

"COMPAIRING GROUP BEHAVIOUR ACTIVATION AND CONTROL GROUP STUDY FOR RELAPSE PREVENTION IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER: A 6 MONTH FOLLOW UP STUDY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.644-656, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Q89.pdf

"COMPAIRING GROUP BEHAVIOUR ACTIVATION AND CONTROL GROUP STUDY FOR RELAPSE PREVENTION IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER: A 6 MONTH FOLLOW UP STUDY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp644-656, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Q89.pdf