ARJPC

ISSN: 2384-6178

 Academic Research Journal of Psychology and Counselling
 

Vol. 7(3), pp. 22-26, June, 2019.

DOI: 10.14662/IJALIS2019.060

ISSN: 2384-6178

Research Paper

Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Epileptic and Dissociative Patients

¹Sadia Batool, ²Bisma Jamil Makhdoom and ³Muhammad Hamza

¹Shaikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. E-mail: sadiaqayyom@gmail.com

²ShaikhZayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan. E-mail: bismamakhdoom1@gmail.com

³MHRM Scholar, Department of Management Studies, Virtual University of Pakistan.

Corresponding author’s E-mail:ameerhamza4445@gmail.com

Accepted 19 June 2019

The current research aims to explain the level of depression, anxiety and stress among the patients of epilepsy and dissociative disorder. The sample of (N =160) psychiatric patients having dissociative disorder and epilepsy patients were taken from Shaikh Zayed hospital Rahim Yar Khan. There were one questionnaires were employed for measuring variables that was depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21) short version. Quantitative survey research method was used and convenient sampling technique applied for collecting data and it analyzed by using SPSS version 23.0. The results revealed that significant difference of anxiety and stress was found between diagnosed epileptic and dissociative patients. The Mean of depression, anxiety and stress was higher in epileptic patients than dissociative disorder patients. The results also showed significant difference of stress, anxiety and depression among both genders and female secure higher score than male. Limitations and suggestion for future studies also discussed.

Keywords: Anxiety, Depression, Dissociative Disorder, Epilepsy, Hospital, Stress

Cite This Article As: Batool, S., Makhdoom, BJ., Hamza, M (2019). Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Epileptic and Dissociative Patients.  Acad. Res. J. Psychol. Counsel. 7(3): 22-26.