title: Role of mindfulness in dissociative disorders among adolescents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dissociation is understood as maladaptive coping and is common in children and adolescents. Treatment outcome studies show improvement in comorbid conditions suggesting the need to implement programs that target dissociative pathology.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect of practicing mindfulness among adolescents diagnosed with dissociative disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was a hospital-based repeated measures design.
  
  
  METHODS
  7 adolescents participated in a mindfulness-based therapeutic program for 6 weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scores were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Friedman test was used to assess significance of the difference in scores at various assessment phases. Wilcoxon signed rank test was used for post hoc analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants were mostly female adolescents from rural, Eastern India. There was a significant reduction in dissociative experiences and significant improvement in mindfulness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Incorporating mindfulness in clinical practice may prove effective in reducing dissociation and promoting adaptive functioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
authors.forename: Vinod K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sayeed
keywords: Adolescents; Eastern India; dissociation; female; mindfulness; rural