Depressive Symptoms among Youth: An Intervention Program

Abstract

It was proposed that it will be a worthwhile endeavor to carry out a psychotherapeutic intervention in a group setting to test the efficacy of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) for depressive symptoms among young adults. In this study, it is tested whether the symptoms improve. The research participants had some homogenous presentation of complaints which were present in both groups. The respondents were screened for selection with DASS-21. The respondents were separated into two groups randomly. Group 1 was given intervention based on TIIP with a particular focus on nafs (behavioral inclinations). In group 2, TIIP intervention was not given. The rest of the treatment was kept constant and made use of E-H and phenomenology. The respondents were assessed at intervals with brief symptoms inventory (BSI). The data provided by the study supports the efficacy of TIIP intervention for depressive symptoms among youth. The BSI scores of the majority of the respondents in the intervention group moved from clinically significant to clinically non-significant.