Volume 4, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 174 - 181

Author(s) : Maryam Rostamvand* ¹ , Fateme Sadat Ghanipoor ² , Ghader Shahabi Niaragh ³

Abstract :
Abstract Depression is one of the most common spiritual and mental disorders in a way based on the national study of diseases and traumas in Iran, is known as the third country with health problem. Researches in this area reveals that reduction of depression after using self-care based on the mindfulness not only has a negative effect on some disease including fibroma, chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, cancer, hypertension, AIDS, skin diseases, multiple chemical allergies, cardiovascular diseases, and the new Covid 19 disease but also, has a long term positive effect in treatment and reduction of depression in different kinds of chronic disease. Therefore, according to everyday increase of prevalence of depression in patients who suffer from different spiritual-mental disorders, syndromes and cancers and even normal people of the society and also therapeutic potential of self-care based on mindfulness, this paper is written with the purpose of concepts of depression, treatment of depression with self-care based on mindfulness and experiences of different researchers in this area. Key word: depression, spiritual-mental disorders, self-care, mindfulness

Keywords :
depression, spiritual-mental disorders, self-care, mindfulness