Forgiveness: as attaining mental health among depressed patients
Forgiveness: as attaining mental health among depressed patients

Summary/Abstract: Forgiveness plays a vital role from the recovery of mental and physical health issues. The main purpose of the study was to determine the importance of male and females’ forgiveness in mental health and further find out the correlation between forgiveness and mental health among depressed patients. 120 diagnosed depressed patients randomly approached from Nishtar hospital Multan. Level of Forgiveness was measured through Heartland Forgiveness Scale1 and mental health of depressed patients was evaluated by Mental Health Inventory.2 Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) 22 version utilized to get the results. Correlation analysis indicated that forgiveness was positively and strongly correlated with mental health. The presence of forgiveness in depressed patient’s life was found to attain mental health. Results revealed that female scored higher on forgiveness and mental health as compare to their male counterparts. Future implications for helping depressed patient’s perceive presence of forgiveness in their lives are Forgiveness practice on daily basis is very helpful to increase the mental health and by embracing forgiveness, individuals can also embrace peace, hope, gratitude, happiness and joy these are path that lead to mental health.

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